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Wednesday, 8 July 2020

Former Dutch merchant vessels traceable in the Soviet Union zone in Germany in 1945

After the Second World War tried the Dutch government to find out what happened with the Dutch merchant vessels which were seized or otherwise by Germany. The vessels could be find for instance in Soviet Union zone in Germany. In 1946 was referred to a letter dated 12 October 1945 dealing with the ships property of the Ned. Rijnvaartvereeniging on that moment still in German occupied area.

The ships were the Beerstraten (1,597 tons), Mark wart (1,140 tons), Leonardo (1,499 tons)l Ludeger (1,034 tons), Pieter de Hoogh (1,854 tons), Ferdinand Bol (1,860 tons), Gelfrat (1,426 tons), Ortlinde (1,365 tons). Verdi (1,419 tons). Vischbank (1,393 tons). Doggersbank 91,393 tons), Loge (1,009 tons), Gounod (1,351 tons). Sieglinde (979 tons), Nibelungen (1,219 tons), Mime (1,094 tons), Ilos (1,384 tons), Etzel (1,426 tons), Gernot (1,399 tons), Isung (1,392 tons), Berlioz (1,483 tons), Ostade (15,75 tons), Pieter Code (1,863 tons), Roemer Visscher (2,156 tons), Hawart (1,207 tons), Volker (1,399 tons), Giselher (1,399 tons), Brahms (1,474 tons), Fafner (978 tons), Tartini (611 tons) and the Ortwin (1,575 tons).

Source
Archive of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Dutch embassy in the Soviet Union inv.nr. 104 (National Archive at The Hague.