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Showing posts with label Victory ships. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Victory ships. Show all posts

Thursday, 22 January 2026

Dutch cargo ship (ex-India Victory 19474) Arnedyk 1947-1962 (San Marino 1962-1963, Hongkong Producer 1963-1971, Oriental Falcon 1971-1972)

Victory VC2-S-AP3 type. Laid down by Permanente Metals Corporation Inc. Shipyard No. 1, Richmond, California, USA with yard number on 21 March 1944, launched on 15 May 1944, delivered as India Victory to manager Lykes Bros. Steamship Company Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A., manager United States War Shipping Administration, San Francisco, California, U.S.A. on 29 July 1944, served as troop transport, manager Furness, Withy & Co. Ltd., owner Ministry of (War) Transport, both at London, England in 1946, owner/manager United States Maritime Commission, Washington D.C., U.S.A. in 1947, as Arnedyk owner/manager N.V. Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Maatschappij 'Holland-Amerika, as San Marino manager A.E. Tarantino, New York (N.Y.), U.S.A., owner Transeuro A.G., Monrovia, Liberia since 31 August 1962, as Hongkong Producer manager C.Y. Tung, Hong Kong, owner Atlantic Far East Lines Inc., Monrovia, Liberia since 1963, owner United Maritime Inc., Monrovia, Liberua since 1969, converted into a container ship betwewen 1970-1971, as Oriental Falcon manager Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd, Taipeh, Taiwan, owner United Maritime Inc., Monrovia, Liberia since 1971 and stranded and lost on the Pratas Reef, South Chinese Sea on 12 July 1972. 

Friday, 2 January 2026

Dutch cargo ship (ex-Guatemala Victory 1944-1946) Aalsdyk 1946-1960 (Hongkong Manufacturer 1960-1961, Hongkong Clipper 1961-1974)

Victory VC2-S-AP3 type. Laid down by Permanente Metals Corporation Inc. Shipyard No. 1, Richmond, California, USA with yard number 533 on 1 May 1944, launched on 13 July 1944, delivered as Guatemala Victory to manager American-Hawaiian Steamship Company Inc., New York), U.S.A., owner United States Maritime Commission, Washington (D.C.), USA on 6 September 1944, bought by the Staat der Nederlanden in October 1946, as Aalsdyk owner/manager N.V. Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Maatschappij 'Holland-Amerika Lijn', Rotterdam, Netherlands since 7 November 1946, as Hongkong Manufacturer, manager Pacific Union Lines Ltd., Hong Kong, owner Overseas Maritime Company Inc., Monrovia, Liberia since 21 November 1960, as Hongkong Clipper same manager/owner since March 1961, manager Island Navigation Corporation Ltd (C.Y. Tung), Taipeh, Taiwan, owner same since 1964 and broken up at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1974 completed on 3 July. 

Sunday, 28 December 2025

Duch shipping company puchased Victory ships Polydorus and Plyphemus according to the Dutch newspaper De Nederlandsche transportcourant dated 7 November 1946

An item reported that on short notice two turbine propelled Victory ships bought by the Dutch cabinet from the USA were to arrrive in the Netherlands. The Polydorus and Polyphemus were operated by the Stoomvaart Mij. Oceaan on the lines West Europe-Indonesia and Java, Indonesia-New York, USA. Cruising speed 15,5 miles.