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Call sign NHBM, in 9134 PDDX. Gross tonnage 6,855.00 tons, net tonnage 4,229.00 tons, deadweight 9,855.00 tons, gran cargo capacity 506,000 cubic feet, bale cargo capacity 60,000 cubic feet and as dimensions 121.92 (between perpendiculars)-126.93 (over all) x 16.55 x 11.89 x 9.18 metres. Laid down by N.V. C. van der Giessen & Zonen's Scheepswerven, Krimpen aan den IJssel, Netherlands with yard number 486 on 29 July 1920, launched on 25 August 1921, delivered to owner/manager N.V. Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Maatschappij 'Holland-Amerika Lijn', Rotterdam, Netherlands on 12 April 1922, renamed Vivara, owner Società Ionica di Navigazione, manager Pietro Longobardo both of Catania, Italy, sold at Trieste to be broken up to Sidemar in 1959 and breaking up started in March 1960. Armed with 8-2cm guns supplied at New York on 18 November 1942.
Sources
Archieven van hoofd handelsbescherming en diverse handelsbeschermingsofficieren 1941-1946 inv.no. 53 (Nationaal Archief, The Hague, Netherlands.
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