Dutch steamship Venezuela begun her last voyage according to the Dutch newspaper Nieuwsblad van het Noorden dated 25 November 1937

An item dated Amsterdam 24 November reported that the Dutch steamship Venezuela of the Kon. Ned. Stoomboot Maatschappij used for many years on the Colon Lijn was to depart on 1 April 1938 with her last voyage after which she was to be replaced by the Pericles.(1) The Venezuela was build in 1906 and would probably be broken up. The newspaper Het Vaderland 20 May 1938 reported that she was indeed sold to be broken up in the Netherlands.

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1. Twin screw steel built steamship in 1906 at the shipyard of Reiherstieg Schifsswerfte&Maschinenfabriek at Hamburg, Germany. International sign PWDC. Callsign PIFA. Dimensions 411‘0“ x 50‘9“ x 28‘5“(hold) metres. Capacity cargo holds 291.232 cubic English feet, loading capacity included bunkers summer mark 7.050 tons of 1.016 kg, permanently bunker capacity 192 tons of 1.016 kg and capacity in tons of 2,83 cubic metres or 100 cubic feet 6.355 gross and 3.847 net.