German merchant ships Ilsenstein and Königstein in 1936

 

Zeeuws Archief

Vlissingen, Netherlands 1936

In 1936 broke a strike out in the harbour of Antwerp, Belgium. The result was an increase of the activities in the harbours of Vlissingen, Netherlands. The photo shows the Buitenhaven and the German merchant ships Ilsenstein (1) and Königstein (2) of the Arnold Bernstein Line/Red Star Line GmbH, Hamburg, Germany. On the foreground is the bunker vessel visible. The Königstein arrived in the morning of 18 June coming from New York, USA with stores and 284 passengers, the latter taking an extraordinary train towards Antwerp, Belgium and the Ilsenstein arrived on 20 June coming from Hamburg, for embarking passengers and further more stores with as destination New York.

Notes

1. Built by Workman Clark Co., Belfast, Ireland in 1904 as Matua, 1929 bought from Shaw, Savill &Albion Co. In 1929, renamed Ilsenstein, sold in 1939 to be broken up at Blyth ,however used as an blockship at Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, Scotland and in 1951 were her remains broken up.

2. Built by Swan Hunter&Wigham Richardson Ltd., Newcastle, England for Shaw, Savill &Albion Co.’s New Zealand service in 1906, sold to the Arnold Bernstein Line in 1928, used as auto carrier until rebuilt into a passenger ship in 1931, sold to be broken up by Van Heyghen Frèin 1939, purchased by the Belgian company Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB) property and renamed Gandia and sunk by a German submarine on 22 January 1942.