Boissevain
1944
(Noordzee NZ-31)
- Type: Passenger / general cargo
- Displacement: 14,271 tons
- Dimensions: 561 x 72 x 30 ft.
- Machinery: Sulzer diesels, triple screw, 11,000 BHP = 16 knots
- Armament: 1-4in, 3-12pdr AA, 10-20mm AA
- Troops: 3000
- Crew: 231
- Builder: Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany, 1937
- Service: Built for Koninklijke Pakketvaart Maatschappij, Batavia, for South Africa-Netherlands East Indies-Far East route. First voyage Jan 1938. Troop transport 1940-46 as shown here. Transferred to new Java-China Line in 1947 for Amsterdam-Kobe-South Africa-Buenos Aires service. Scrapped at Kaohsiung 1968.
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