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From: "A. Palmhof" <>
Subject: Re: [Mar] Re: TALLANGATTAR (TALLANGATTA) - 1940
Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 09:18:18 +1200
References: <3331CDF4EFC9D311B0AC00508B62B8F7037E30D8@tc1s09.tc.gc.ca>


The book "Geschiedenis van de Nederlandse Koopvaardy in de Tweede
Wereldoorlog by KWL Bezemer, gives:

After the Japanese forces landed on Bali on 10 and 20 Feb.. 1942, the Dutch
Government, decided to make all ships in Surabaya ready for sea, only two
vessels the TJINEGARA and TJITJALENKA sailed in time and escaped, all the
other vessels in Surabaya including the tanker TALANG AKAR (2.046 ton) of
the Nederlandsche Koloniale Tankvaart Mij. did not get away in time and were
destroyed or scuttled before Japan occupied Dutch East Indie.
In all 26 ships were destroyed or scuttled after 2 March 1942. The book did
not give the fate of the ship, I know some of this ships were refloated
later and used by the Japanese.

regards, Auke Palmhof.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Provost, Gilbert" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 5:34 AM
Subject: [Mar] Re: TALLANGATTAR (TALLANGATTA) - 1940


> Hello Ted. I think I have found the vessel you are looking for:
>
> TALANG AKAR
> Code letters: PHWI
> Rigging: steel single screw tanker; 1 deck; 11 cemented bulkheads;
> cellular double bottom under engine & boilers 43 feet, 112 tons;
> Forward Peak Tank 165 tons; Aft Peak Tank 53 tons
> Tonnage: 2,046 tons gross, 1,569 under deck and 1,108 net
> Dimensions: 280 feet, 47.1 foot beam and holds 16.2 feet deep;
> Poop 68 feet, Bridge 22 feet; Forecastle 40 feet
> Construction: 1926, Furness Ship Building Co. Ltd. in Haverton
Hills-on-Tees
> Propulsion: triple expansion engine with 3 cylinders of 19, 30 & 49 inches
> diameter respectively; stroke 36 inches; 230 nominal
> horsepower;
> 2 single ended boilers; 4 corrugated furnaces; engine by
> Richardson, Westgarth & Co. Ltd. in Hartlepool
> Owners: N.V. Nederlandsche Kolonial Tankvaart Maats.
> Port of registry: The Hague
>
> What do you think?
>
> Gilbert Provost
> Genealogy, Ships and Wines
> http://www.webruler.com/gprovost
>
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