SS Op Ten Noort
The SS Op ten Noort was a luxury Passenger ship built by Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij in Amsterdam, Netherlands and completed in 1927. The ship was built for and owned by Koninklijke Paketvaart-Maatschappij (Royal Packet Navigation Company). Op ten Noort means Up North. In December of 1941 she became a Royal Netherlands Navy hospital ship. Shortly after her conversion the Empire of Japan stole the ship and renamed her Tenno Maru. To cover up the war crimes against the ship and her medical crew, at the end of the war, she was sunk on August 17, 1945. Before sinking her, she was again renamed to Hikawa Maru No.2, after the Hikawa Shrine, Saitama.
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SS Op Ten Noort
The SS Op ten Noort was a luxury Passenger ship built by Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij in Amsterdam, Netherlands and completed in 1927. The ship was built for and owned by Koninklijke Paketvaart-Maatschappij (Royal Packet Navigation Company). Op ten Noort means Up North. In December of 1941 she became a Royal Netherlands Navy hospital ship. Shortly after her conversion the Empire of Japan stole the ship and renamed her Tenno Maru. To cover up the war crimes against the ship and her medical crew, at the end of the war, she was sunk on August 17, 1945. Before sinking her, she was again renamed to Hikawa Maru No.2, after the Hikawa Shrine, Saitama.
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The SS Op ten Noort was a luxu ...... er the Hikawa Shrine, Saitama.
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1941-02-21
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1942-02-14
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1927-11-09
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1927-02-12
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17 August 1945 Scuttled atWakasa Bayto cover upwar crimes
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1941-02-21
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Luxury Passenger ship, then hospital ship
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1927-11-09
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1927-02-12
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*SS Op Ten Noort
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*Up North
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*Koninklijke Paketvaart-Maatschappij
*Royal Netherlands Navy
*Imperial Japanese Navy
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*Two Hugo Lentz Reciprocating engines steam
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*Two screws - two propellers
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The SS Op ten Noort was a luxu ...... er the Hikawa Shrine, Saitama.
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SS Op Ten Noort
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