Category:Duymaer van Twist (ship, 1926)

Ship edit

• Type: Passenger / cargo steamship
• Built by: N.V. Wilton's Machinefabriek en Scheepswerf, Schiedam
• Yard No: 309
• Keel laid:
• Launched: 1926
• Completed: 1926.07
• Length over all: 230.1 ft
• Beam: 38.2 ft
• GT: 1030
• DWT: 570
• Sister ships: Van Goens, Van Diemen, Speelman
• www.marhisdata.nl
• www.wrecksite.eu
• plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk

History edit

• 1926 Named Duymaer van Twist; Flag: Netherlands
  • Call sign: TCHB, from 1934 PKQL
  • Port: Amsterdam, Batavia
  • Owner: N.V. Koninklijke Paketvaart-Maatschappij
• 1942.03.04 Captured by Japanese cruiser Atago
• 1942 Renamed Dai Maru; Flag: Japan
  • Port: Tokyo
  • Owner: Government of Japan
• 1945.05.14 Sunk by aircraft at Makassar; Japanese sources however say torpedoed by submarine on 1945.03.26 at 28.13 N, 129.16 E.