An item reported that on Wednesday 11 September at the Irish Verolme shipyard at Cork after the launching of the 30.000 ton bulk carrier Amstelhof the keel was to be laid down for a similar bulk carrier for account of the National Liberian Shipping Lines at Monrovia.(1)
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1. Another Dutch newspaper Het vrije volk dated 15 August 1964 reported her returning at the Verolme shipyard Rozenburg a day earlier of a succesfull trial. She was built at the Verolme shipyard at Alblasserdam. Baptized my Mrs. Antoinette Tubman the spuse of the Liberian president William V.S. Tubman after which the ship was named. Length 183,892 metres, measuring 31.000 tons and fitted out with a 10.800 bhp Verolme MAN diesel engine. The edition dated the 20th reported that in the afternoon of the next day the 31.000 ton bulk carrier President William V.S. Tubman was to be delivered by Verolme Dok- en Scheepsbouw Maatschappij to the shipping company Liberin National Shipping Lines at Monrovia. She was the first ship of the Liberian merchant marine. The edition dated Saturday the 22th reported her delivery on Friday afternoon in the presence of the Liberian ambassador J. Graham, consul-genera; Th. Thomas, advisor of the cabinet O. Natty B. Davis and the director of the shipping company J.W.F. Steyn. She was launched in April at Alblasserdam and suitable for the transport of ore. The same evening departed she towards Monrovia with a crew consisting of Chinese and Liberian sailors the latter in training. The staff was Dutch including her captain H. Overduin.
Note
1. Another Dutch newspaper Het vrije volk dated 15 August 1964 reported her returning at the Verolme shipyard Rozenburg a day earlier of a succesfull trial. She was built at the Verolme shipyard at Alblasserdam. Baptized my Mrs. Antoinette Tubman the spuse of the Liberian president William V.S. Tubman after which the ship was named. Length 183,892 metres, measuring 31.000 tons and fitted out with a 10.800 bhp Verolme MAN diesel engine. The edition dated the 20th reported that in the afternoon of the next day the 31.000 ton bulk carrier President William V.S. Tubman was to be delivered by Verolme Dok- en Scheepsbouw Maatschappij to the shipping company Liberin National Shipping Lines at Monrovia. She was the first ship of the Liberian merchant marine. The edition dated Saturday the 22th reported her delivery on Friday afternoon in the presence of the Liberian ambassador J. Graham, consul-genera; Th. Thomas, advisor of the cabinet O. Natty B. Davis and the director of the shipping company J.W.F. Steyn. She was launched in April at Alblasserdam and suitable for the transport of ore. The same evening departed she towards Monrovia with a crew consisting of Chinese and Liberian sailors the latter in training. The staff was Dutch including her captain H. Overduin.
