MS Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft

The Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft in Batavia after the 1930 refit
History
Netherlands
Name	Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft
Namesake	Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft
Owner	Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland
Port of registry	Amsterdam
Route	Amsterdam – Java
Builder	Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Saint-Nazaire
Yard number	256
Launched	1925, Saint-Nazaire
Completed	July 1926, Amsterdam
In service	23 July 1926
Out of service	14 November 1932
Identification	code letters PQFV
Fate	Burnt out, later scrapped
General characteristics
Type	ocean liner
Tonnage	1927: 14,642 GRT, 10,432 NRT 1932: 14,729 GRT, 8,713 NRT
Length	540 ft (164.59 m) LWL (1926–1931) 521.8 ft (159.04 m) p/p (1926–1931) 534 ft (162.76 m) p/p (1931–32) 548 ft (167.03 m) LWL (1931–32) 534.0 ft (162.76 m) (1931–32)
Beam	68.1 ft (20.76 m)
Draft	28 ft 11 in (8.81 m)
Depth	35.0 ft (10.67 m)
Depth of hold	38 ft 6 in (11.73 m)
Decks	6
Propulsion	2 × 8-cylinder Sulzer diesel engines 8,000 hp (6,000 kW) (1926–1931) 2 × 9-cylinder Sulzer diesel engines 14,000 hp (10,000 kW) (1931–1932)
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h) (first trial) 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h) (1926–1931) 18 knots (33 km/h) (1931–1932)
Capacity	580 passengers
Crew	300

Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft was a Dutch ocean liner built in 1925. An onboard fire destroyed her passenger accommodation before she was completed. In 1932, another fire damaged her so severely that she was sold for scrapping, only to catch fire again before she was scrapped.