Antwerpen, Belgium 23 July 2022
Built as a concrete ocean going tank ship to supply German submarines with fresh water, victuals and (fuel) oil. Dimensions 95.85 x 14.25 x 7.85 (hold between keel and deck) metres. Building ordered by La Maison Siantrap et Brice, Paris, France and contructed in a drydock at Rotterdam, Netherlands between 1943-1944 towed to Antwerp to be completed. Uncompleted fallen in hands of the Belgian governement in September 1944 and sold. Became a merchant ship until she was sold to the v.z.w. Aartsbisdom Mechelen on 18 December 1950 and converted into a floating church.
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