Sloterdyk (schip, 1940)

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MS Sloterdyk

Schip

  • Type: General cargo ship
  • Built by: Odense Staalskibsvaerft VED A.P. Möller, Odense, Denmark
  • Yard No: 80
  • Keel laid:
  • Launched: 1939.09.30
  • Delivered: 1940.04.09
  • Length over all: 472.5 ft
  • Beam: 62.3 ft
  • GRT: 9230
  • DWT: 11700
  • Sister ship: Sommelsdyk (schip, 1939)

History

  • 1940 Named Sloterdyk; Flag: Netherlands<span class="mwt-editable mwt-comment" id="R1704920707594" " draggable="false" contenteditable="true"> Note -- while often referred to as Sloterdijk it was apparently always named with the "yk" spelling, though at least an earlier ship built in 1902 had the "ijk" spelling. Apparently HAL switched in 1923 from using "ijk" to "yk" . https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/theovervalwagenforum/ms-sloterdijk-t2062.html
    • Official number: 6276 Z ROTT 1939
    • Call sign: PHOJ
    • Port: Rotterdam
    • Owner: Holland America Line
  • Was a U.S. troopship during World War II
  • 1946 Returned to Holland America Line
  • 1966.03.30 Arrived in Bilbao for breaking