Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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Sunday, November 20, 1955 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		STRAAT MALAKKA (1948-1967 General cargo ship 476 feet overall of Koninklijke Java China Paketvaart Lijnen : Scrapped 1973) Own Page

Koninklijke Java China Paketvaart Lijnen cargo ship STRAAT MALAKKA at Cochin from Bombay (India)
Arrived in berthCochin (India)Port of RegistryAmsterdam (Netherlands)
Net Tonnage4,761
Gross Tonnage8,315
Deadweght Tonnage9,188

Some interesting Youtube films of Netherlands ships in the Far East are

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrIV9bBKeZk shows elephants being shipped from Ceylon to Australia on STRAAT MALAKKA in 1961

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrPCt64Yff8 shows STRAAT MALAKKA in 1963

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXId5fjalqE shows TJIWANJI leaving Malaysia for Djakarta in 1952

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTrESE9CFms shows STRAAT JOHORE at Colombo in 1961

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG0PvNiGqVY shows STRAAT JOHORE travelling from Australia to Tasmania in 1960

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HicB7y5VV6o shows STRAAT HOBART in 1974

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWA6EHpn7nU shows NIJKERK in 1974

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuFv57QCeJQ shows engineers on STRAAT JOHORE IN 1961