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Tuesday, 14 April 2026

Dutch cargo ship ss Soekaboemi 1920-1942

Partly visible the Dutch cargo ships Albireo and in the background ms Wieringen the smallest and ss Ameland the largest ship.

Laid down by Bonn&Mees, Rotterdam/Katendrecht, Netherlands with yard number 282 in June 1920, launched on 18 October 1922, delivered to owner N.V. Rotterdamsche Lloyd, manager Firma Wm. Ruys&Zonen both Rotterdam, Netherlands on 27 September 1923, torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U 441 underway from Glasgow, Scotland towards the USA in the Atlantic, 51 crew members were saved by the British rescue vessel Toward. 

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