Posted by Visje
visje@tref.nl on September 27, 2001.
Anybody know what happened to this ship? She was the former Dutch "Zuiderkruis", given to the Indonesian navy in 1950 or so. There she became the presidential yacht for president Soekarno. Last mention I have of her is in July 1950.
2661 gt
completed 1924 by NSM (Amsterdam), christened Zuiderkruis. Originally built as cablelayer, but in service as submarine depotship from 1937 onwards. In service as hydrographic vessel postwar, given to Indonesian navy in 1950, rechristened Bimasakti.