Dutch cargo ship (ex-Empire Ruskin 1942-1943, Van der Capelle 1943-1947) Delfland 1947-1959 (M. Esref 1959-1968)

Exhibition Varen voor Vrijheid. Museum Katwijk

Empire Tramp type. Launched by John Readhead&Sons Ltd., West Docks, South Shields, England with yard number 529, delivered to Ministry of War Transport in September 1942, renamed Van der Capelle, owner Dutch Government, The Hague, manager N.V. Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Maatschappij Holland-Amerika Lijn, Rotterdam since 4 September 1943, owner/manager N.V. tot Voortzetting van de Koninklijke Hollandsche Lloyd, Amsterdam since 14 November 1946, renamed Delfland on 15 April 1947, renamed M. Esref and sold to owner/manager Cerrahogullari Umumi Nakliyat Vapurculuk ve T.A.S., Istanbul, Turkey in August 1959 and arrived at the scrapyard at Istanbul, Turkey on 13 October 1968.