's Jacob in port in Makassar, about 1907–14
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History | |
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Name | 's Jacob |
Namesake | Frederik Bernard 's Jacob |
Owner |
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Operator | 1918: British India SN Co |
Port of registry |
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Builder | Mij v S&W Fijenoord, Rotterdam |
Yard number | 211 |
Laid down | 26 February 1907 |
Launched | 25 July 1907 |
Completed | October 1907 |
Identification |
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Fate | Sunk, 8 March 1943 |
General characteristics | |
Type | passenger ship |
Tonnage | 2,907 GRT, 1,853 NRT, 3,438 DWT |
Length | 325.5 ft (99.2 m) |
Beam | 44.1 ft (13.4 m) |
Depth | 22.8 ft (6.9 m) |
Decks | 2 |
Installed power | 233 NHP, 1,300 ihp |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h) |
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Armament | 1941: 1 × 4 in (100 mm) gun |
Notes | one of several sister ships |
SS 's Jacob[Note 1] was a passenger steamship that was launched in the Netherlands in 1907 and sunk by enemy action off New Guinea in 1943. She spent most of her career with Koninklijke Paketvaart-Maatschappij (KPM, the "Royal Packet Navigation Company"), based in the Dutch East Indies.
In the First World War the United Kingdom seized her under angary. In the Second World War she escaped the Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies, and became part of the Southwest Pacific Area (SWPA) command's permanent local fleet. A Japanese air attack sank her on 8 March 1943.
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