An item reported that the Dutch steamship Nieuwkerk of the Ver. Ned. Scheepvaart Maatschappij of The Hague left the same day Hamburg for Flushing.(1) Here she was the shipyard Kon.Mij. De Schelde to be converted into a motor ship and to be fitted out with a so-called Mayer shaped bow. The conversion was intended to be completed in the first half of November and she was then to be renamed Boschfontein. Op 29 November was her maiden voyage planned on the line Amsterdam-Afrika for the Holland-Afrika-Lijn.
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1. Archive De Schelde 1875-1970 (Municipality Archive Flushing) order documentation. Dimensions 440’5” (between perpendiculars)-472’5” (over all) x 59’3”x 38’6” (hold) and draught 12’8½-26‘7“ (full loaded) or 134,24-144,00 x 18,06 x 18,06 and 8,10 metres, a deadweight of 8,202 tons and 7,139 gross and 4,292 net tons. In 1956 converted into a freighter and renamed Boschkerk. In 1934 fitted out with w Sulzer diesel engines supplying 2x200 ahp and while driving one screw allowing a speed of 16 knots. Conversion ordered 27 July 1933, contract dated 3/7 October, arrived at the shipyard at Flushing 31 May 1934, engines tested 19-20 September, technical trial 13/14 November and official trial 17 November. Build in 1928 at the shipyard of P. Smit jr. at Rotterdam with building number 418.
