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Sunday 14 July 2019

Dutch passenger-cargo ship ss Johan de Witt 1916-1948 (Neptunia 1948-1958)


Laid down by N.V. Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij, Amsterdam, Netherlands with yard number 150 on 29 July 1916, launched on 2 may 1919, delivered on 27 July 1920, rebuilt at Amsterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij N.V., Amsterdam in 1933, trial on 4 October 1933. Of the N.V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij ‘Nederland’, Amsterdam with call sign PFRH, since 1934 PFDM. Renamed Neptunia on 15 December 1948 owned by Compañia Maritima des Est S.A., Panama and managed by Goulandris Bros., London, United Kingdom, since 1952 owned by Neptunia Shipping Company S.A., Panama, beached to prevent sinking on 2 November 1957 at Cobh, salvaged on 2 December 1957 and sold to be broken up on 29 January 1958 to Simons’Scheepsslooperij, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Gross tonnage 10.519,07 tons, net tonnage 6.299,57 tons, deadweight 8.465,00 tons, bale capacity 26.620 cubic feet. Speed 15 knots. Dimensions 482.2 x 59,0 x 38.2 (depth) x  29.00 (draught) feet. After rebuilding 1933 was her deadweight 7.762 tons, gross tonnage 10.474,01 tons and net tonnage 6.104,40 tons and as dimensions 506.2 x 59.2 x 34.9 feet.