History | |
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Netherlands | |
Name | SS Rooseboom |
Owner | Koninklijke Paketvaart-Maatschappij |
Builder | Rijkee & Co |
Yard number | 174 |
Launched | 1926 |
Identification | IMO number: 5606521 |
Fate | Sunk, 1 March 1942 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Steam ship |
Tonnage | 1,035 GRT |
Length | 70.1 m (230 ft) |
Beam | 11.6 m (38 ft) |
Draft | 3.2 m (10 ft) |
Installed power | Compound steam engine 67 hp (50 kW) |
Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
SS Rooseboom was a 1,035 ton Dutch steamship owned by KPM (Koninklijke Paketvaart-Maatschappij (or Royal Packet Navigation Company) of the Netherlands East Indies built in 1926 by Rijkee & Co of Rotterdam, the Netherlands.[1]