SS 's Jacob

's Jacob in port in Makassar, about 1907–14
History
Name's Jacob
NamesakeFrederik Bernard 's Jacob
Owner
Operator1918: British India SN Co
Port of registry
  • 1907: Netherlands Batavia
  • 1907: United Kingdom
  • 1919: Netherlands Batavia
BuilderMij v S&W Fijenoord, Rotterdam
Yard number211
Laid down26 February 1907
Launched25 July 1907
CompletedOctober 1907
Identification
FateSunk, 8 March 1943
General characteristics
Typepassenger ship
Tonnage2,907 GRT, 1,853 NRT, 3,438 DWT
Length325.5 ft (99.2 m)
Beam44.1 ft (13.4 m)
Depth22.8 ft (6.9 m)
Decks2
Installed power233 NHP, 1,300 ihp
Propulsion
Speed10 knots (19 km/h)
Capacity
  • passengers:
  • as built: 8 × 1st class, 18 × 2nd class, 1,000 × steerage
  • 1928: 8 × 1st class, 26 × 2nd class, 1,420 × deck
  • cargo: 180,000 cubic feet (5,100 m3) grain, 144,000 cubic feet (4,100 m3) bale
Armament1941: 1 × 4 in (100 mm) gun
Notesone 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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