50 YEARS AGO TODAY - PRINS BERNHARD

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50 YEARS AGO TODAY - PRINS BERNHARD

Postby teesships » Thu Sep 01, 2016 2:07 pm

PRINS BERNHARD (5285095), Rederij Schuitema, Netherlands, 388gt, completed Deest 9-1937.
1967 Ovedje (Nigeria), 19(?) Ovedje I (Nigeria), 1972 Diny (Netherlands), converted to sand barge.
Miramar: inland service about 1972 & deleted from Lloyd's much later
Further renames: 1976 DINY - 1988 ADJA-B - reported as still in service as an inland barge as recently as 2015.

..... and the excellent WSS history CAREBEKA 1939-1983 tells us there's a lot more to the history of this ship. At the end of September 1940 while awaiting repairs at Capelle a/d Ijssel she was requisitioned by Germany and allocated to the Kriegsmarine at Kiel. She became an accommodation vessel with the name of EISVOGEL. From August 1942 she was rebuilt as a refrigerated cargo ship and used to supply food to German troops in Norway; during this time she also serviced the TIRPITZ. In May 1945 the European war ended and she was found sunk at Lubeck, salvaged by a Swedish company and towed to Holland, re-entering service as the PRINS BERNHARD in January 1946. .....

...... following sale in August 1967 to become the OVEDJE she was sent to Delfzijl for intended conversion, although the work was never carried out; she was laid up at Krimpen a/d Ijssel as the OVEDJE I. She was both re-engined and lengthened in being converted to an inland waterways sand barge.

Hull - 1 September 1966:
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Re: 50 YEARS AGO TODAY - PRINS BERNHARD

Postby coasters » Sun Sep 04, 2016 6:41 pm

Prins Bernhard  1937 as Ovedje I.JPG
Prins Bernhard as Ovedje I in Delfzijl, Nl.
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