auchonvillerssomme Posted 7 April , 2007 Share Posted 7 April , 2007 Heres a picture that might interest. Built for Rotterdamsche Lloyd N.V. Employed in Rotterdam-Java service. Sold to Portugal 1922 and renamed Pedro Gomez. Broken up in Japan in 1932. Sistership Goentoer. Builder: De Schelde, Flushing, Netherlands, 1900. Type: Passenger / general cargo Displacement: 5,471 tons Dimensions: 424 x 51 x 29 ft. Machinery: Steam reciprocating, twin screws S.H.P. 4000 = 14 knots Passengers: 118 (80 first class, 38 second class) Mick During WW1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 7 April , 2007 Author Share Posted 7 April , 2007 The back of the card. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Malcolm Linham Posted 7 April , 2007 Share Posted 7 April , 2007 Does anybody know why it's decribed as a private hospital ship, would it have been chartered through the Red Cross ? Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 8 April , 2007 Author Share Posted 8 April , 2007 My thoughts were to do with neutrality, especially with carrying POW's. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historydavid Posted 8 April , 2007 Share Posted 8 April , 2007 Neither of the combatants would want or allow an enemy manned ship to approach or enter one of their ports, because of the danger of intelligence gathering. There was also the question of trust, something that was non-existant between them. So the answer was to use a neutral owned vessel, Swiss being the obvious choice as they would have probably been involved in the negotiations regarding repatriation. Best wishes David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Riley Posted 8 April , 2007 Share Posted 8 April , 2007 So the answer was to use a neutral owned vessel, Swiss being the obvious choice as they would have probably been involved in the negotiations regarding repatriation. Rotterdamsche Lloyd N.V. Employed in Rotterdam-Java service Is this not a Dutch vessel (still neutral of course)? A google search on 'Swiss shipowners' has turned up 10 references only and on 'swiss ship owners' has turned up this http://www.swiss-ships.ch/berichte-buecher...el_h-walser.htm which seems to indicate that the were virtually no sea-going ships carrying the Swiss flag in WW1 but also seems to imply that seagoing Dutch ships were pretty rare! Still, doesn't the Rotterdam provenance imply Dutch ownership? Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historydavid Posted 9 April , 2007 Share Posted 9 April , 2007 Ian, you spotted my deliberate mistake (actually, never looked properly at the card). Best wishes David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Linham Posted 10 April , 2007 Share Posted 10 April , 2007 Many thanks for the information. Best wishes. Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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