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Reizen tijdens de 2e Wereldoorlog SS Amsterdam, Bouwjaar 1922
Zie ook / See also : Het vergaan van de tanker Amsterdam (Only in Dutch)
SHIPS MOVEMENTS, SS "AMSTERDAM" :
1940
From
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Till
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Harbour
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Cargo
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9-4-1940
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13-4-1940
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Rotterdam
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Unloading
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2-5-1940
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3-5-1940
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Aruba
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Loading
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12-5-1940
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9-7-1940
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Bermuda
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Kerosene
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12-7-1940
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8-8-1940
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Halifax
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Kerosene
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24-8-1940
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3-9-1940
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Methil Roads
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Kerosene
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5-9-1940
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Passed Southend
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Kerosene
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6-9-1940
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10-9-1940
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Gravesend
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Kerosene
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10-9-1940
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Passed Southend
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Ballast
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10-9-1940
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Anchored off Nore
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Ballast
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11-9-1940
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Expected to berth Isle of Grain
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Ballast
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14-9-1940
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Entered Time Charter
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By Anglo American Oil Co.
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17-9-1940
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Left berth Isle of Grain
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Ballast
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19-9-1940
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28-10-1940
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Hebburn-on-Tyne
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OFF -Hire :
Arming, Degaussing, Bridge protection and major repairs
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29-10-1940
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2-11-1940
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Methil
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Ballast
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2-11-1940
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7-11-1940
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Oban
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Ballast
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1-12-1940
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2-12-1940
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Aruba
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Loading
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9-12-1940
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12-12-1940
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Bermuda
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Motor spirit
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28-12-1940
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29-12-1940
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Oban
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Motor spirit
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1941
From
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To
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Harbour
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Cargo
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1-1-1941
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3-1-1941
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Methil
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Motor spirit
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5-1-1941
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17-1-1941
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Hull
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18-1-1941
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23-1-1941
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Methil
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25-1-1941
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29-1-1941
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Oban
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19-2-1941
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22-2-1941
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Aruba
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28-2-1941
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3-3-1941
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Bermuda
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20-3-1941
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21-3-1941
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Loch Ewe
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23-3-1941
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25-3-1941
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Methil
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27-3-1941
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5-4-1941
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Thames Haven
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10-4-1941
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15-4-1941
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Loch Ewe
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7-5-1941
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11-5-1941
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Aruba
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17-5-1941
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18-5-1941
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Bermuda
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5-6-1941
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6-6-1941
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Belfast Lough
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7-6-1914
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15-6-1941
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Avonmouth
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15-6-1941
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16-6-1941
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Barry Roads
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16-6-1941
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19-6-1941
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Milfordhaven
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16-7-1941
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18-7-1941
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Beaumont
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27-7-1941
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1-8-1941
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Halifax
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18-8-1941
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28-8-1941
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Liverpool
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15-9-1941
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13-10-1941
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New York
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16-10-1941
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16-10-1941
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Halifax
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29-10-1941
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30-10-1941
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Loch Ewe
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1-11-1941
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6-11-1941
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Methil
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8-11-1941
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13-11-1941
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Isle of Grain
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17-11-1941
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18-11-1941
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Methil
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20-11-1941
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21-11-1941
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Loch Ewe
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9-12-1941
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12-12-1941
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New York
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19-12-1941
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21-12-1941
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Texas City
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31-12-1941
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26-1-1942
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Halifax
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1942
From
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To
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Harbour
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Cargo
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8-2-1942
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9-2-1942
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Loch Ewe
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11-2-1942
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12-2-1942
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Methil
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12-2-1942
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18-2-1942
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Grangemouth
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20-2-1942
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22-2-1942
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Methil
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23-2-1942
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1-3-1942
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Loch Ewe
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2-3-1942
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5-3-1942
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Oban
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2-4-1942
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5-4-1942
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Beaumont
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16-4-1942
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Torpedoed & Lost
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Opm : 16.4.1942: tijdens de reis van Smith's Bluff naar Freetown op 100 mijl ten noordwesten van Port of Spain
getorpedeerd door de Duitse Onderzeeboot ”U 66” (12.00 N.B.- 62.45 W.L.) (5 bemanningsleden omgekomen.)
Remarks : On a voyage from Beaumont, Texas, to Freetown, the Dutch tanker Amsterdam was torpedoed and sunk
by the German submarine U-66 on April 16th, 1942. The attack took place 100 miles S.W. of Port of Spain, and five
of the crew were killed.