Statistics

 

 


RETURN TO THE HOMEPAGE                                                                                                                                                                                               M/S JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT
 


Historical Statistics:

 


 

Builder:

Netherlands Shipbuilders, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Order of Build:

89

Vessel Number:

194

Date of Build:

1930

Vessel Name:

Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (1929 – 1963)

Other Names:

Lakonia (1963)

Type of Vessel:

Passenger Liner

Date Launched:

Saturday 3rd August 1929

Launched by:

Mrs. Tegelberg-Hooft, wife of SMN director

Shakedown Voyage:

13th March 1930 and 29th April 1930

Maiden Voyage:

9th May 1930:

Amsterdam, Southampton, Algiers, Ville France, Genoa, Marseilles, Port Said, Colombo, Sabang, Balawan Deli, Singapore and Batavia and return

Final Commercial Voyage:

30th January 1963

Cruise from Wellington to Sydney where she arrived on the 3rd February 1963 and was decommissioned.

Final Voyage:

3rd February 1963: (as the JVO)

Sydney, Singapore, Aden, Suez, Port Said, to Genoa, arriving on 7 March 1963.

 

 

Fate:

Caught fire on the 22nd December 1963 while on a cruise as Lakonia and sank 250 miles west of Gibraltar on the 29th December 1963

 

 

Flag:

Dutch

Port of Registry:

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Original Owners / Operators:

Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland (SMN) -

Nederland Line

 

 

 
Technical Statistics:

 


 

Length:

608.8 ft (15.4 m)

Breadth:

74.8 ft  (22.8 m)

Draft:

28.3 ft

Gross Registered Tonnage:

19,429 tonnes (as built)

Power:

Sulzer diesels - twin screws, 14,000 BHP

Propulsion:

Twin screws

Maximum Speed:

19 knots

Service Speed:

17 knots

Passengers & Crew as per maiden voyage:

366 first class, 280 second class, 64 third class, 60 fourth class and 360 crew

 

 

 

 




 


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