Nieuw Zeeland
1928
(Carlo Marquardt CM-303)
- Type: General cargo / passenger
- Displacement: 10,906 tons
- Dimensions: 527 x 62 x 27 ft.
- Machinery: Geared steam turbines, twin screw, 8,000 SHP = 15 knots
- Passengers: 173 (123 cabin class, 50 third class)
- Crew: 200
- Builder: Rotterdamsche DD Maatschappij, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1928
- Service: Built for Royal Packet Navigation Co (known by its Dutch initials KPM), Batavia, for Java-Australia service. Remeasured in 1931 at 11,069 GRT. Fitted with new turbines 1935. Became troop transport under British management 1940. Delivered troops to North Africa, but torpedoed 11 Nov 1942 by German submarine U 407 in the Mediterranean on her homeward voyage; 15 dead.
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