Thanks to Tony van Eijk for these photos.
Tony said in his email: I was a rating onboard of HNlMS Snellius.
This surveying vessel of the Royal Netherlands Navy was sailing home to the
Netherlands after our dispute with Indonesia regarding the possession of
Netherlands New Guinea was settled by the Russians and the Americans in favour
of Indonesia.
In the middle of October 1962 we made a stop on the
Sembawang Naval base where the vessel was berthed in an almost empty port. Only
two Australian frigates were already moored, one off was HMAS Quiberon. We were
not allowed to leave the base as the high brass feared for problems between our
crew and the natives because of the situation
I am working on a study. I have been working at
Wilton-Fijenoord Shipyard, Schiedam, the Netherlands. This yard has built 24
Doxford Ships Diesel Propulsion Engines over the period 1948-1958. I am
reconstructing the sailing period of these ships. One off, a tanker named
Buena
Trader (built as Hilversum 1953) suffered damage because she struck a floating
object on the Singapore Roads in August 1969.
For that she spent some time on Sembawang Shipyard, that
was recently handed over by the Royal Navy to civilian authorities. It would be
fine whether one or more photo's of the yard around this period, or somewhat
earlier during the naval period could be found to be used for my publication.
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singapore-map |
Singapore approach Naval Base 16-10-1962 |
Singapore approach Naval Base 16-10-1962 |
Singapore approach Naval Base 16-10-1962 |
Entrance Singapore 16-10-1962 |
Singapore Naval Base 1967 foto v.dijk - kopie |
Singapore arrival Naval Base 16-10-1962 |
Singapore, Mooring Snellius in NB 10-25 16-10-1962 |
Singapore, 2 Australian frigates NB 16-10-1962 |
Singapore, Chaplain ashore at Naval Base 16-10-1962 |
HNlMS Snellius moored at Johore Naval Base 16-10-1962 |
Singapore, Main Gate Johore NB 16-10-1962 |
Singapore, HMS Rothesay in port NB 17-10-1962 |
Singapore, Tony shopping at NB 17-10-1962 |
Singapore, HMS Rothesay in port NB 18-10-1962 |
Singapore, Mine sweeper in port NB 18-10-1962 |
Singapore, HMS Rothesay when leaving 18-10-1962 |
Snellius leaving port NB 18-10-1962 |
Snellius leaving port NB 18-10-1962 |
HMS Cook when Snellius leaving Singapore 18-10-1962 |
Snellius approaching Pulau Bukum 18-10-1962 |
Snellius appraoching oil terminal Pulau Bukum
18-10-1962 |
Snellius mooring at oil terminal Pulau Bukum 18-10-1962 |
Pulau Bukum foto v.dijk |
Palau Bukum olieterminal |
HNlMS Overijssel loading fuel at sea with fleet tanker Bussum 09-08-1962 |
Fleet tanker Bussum heading home for Holland 10-1962 |
HNlMS Kortenaer approaching jetty at Pulau Bukum Shell oil terminal 22-10-1962 |
HNlMS Kortenaer aproaching jetty at Pulau Bukum Shell oil terminal 22-10-1962 |
Fleet tanker Bussum discharging fuel oil at Pulau Bukum 10-1962 |
HNlMS Overijssel approaching jetty at Pulau Bukum 19-11-1962 |
HNlMS Overrijssel mooring at jetty Pulau Bukum 19-11-1962 |
HNlMS Overijssel loading fuel at oil terminal Pulau Bukum 19-11-1962 |
Eijk, A.D. van; Memories page 78 |
Eijk, A.D. van; Memories page 79 |
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