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Dutch Merchant Navy Willem H. Moojen 1920 - 1929 (I) Dutch Merchant Navy 1920 - 1929 (I) Dutch Merchant Navy Lanasta Colophon Title: Dutch Merchant Navy Subtitlel: 1920 - 1929 (I) Editor/compiler: Willem H. Moojen Graphic design: Lanasta ISBN: 978-90-8616-312-0 NUR: 466 / UDC: 386 Translation: Elizabeth A. Molt Dutch print edition: ISBN: 978-90-8616-036-5 ISBN: 978-90-8616-060-0 (English) Lanasta Visit our website: www.lanasta.com 1st print, April 2009 © Lanasta 2012 All rights reserved. No part of this work may be repro- duced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Foreword Dutch Merchant Navy 1920 – 1929 is the fourth part in a series (the bop) and smoking was considered to be very fashionable, that shed a light on merchant shipping per decade. More vol- especially when using a long cigarette holder. The ready-to- umes per decade will also be published. With these books we wear suit was introduced to the gentlemen and also the comic take you back in time to the start of the twentieth century and strip was on the up and up. In the USA it was also the time of we follow the ships and the shipowners right into the twenty- the Great Prohibition, which was massively evaded with all its first century. It is not the intention of this series to dig deep consequences, in which the Mafia played a huge part. Parts of into the lifecycle of the ships and shipowners though, but to Europe too profited from the revival. Germany, however, had portrait an era, how it was in those years, by means of a short been convicted to heavy payments for compensation after the text and mainly through the photos of the ships, ports and war and this resulted in a disrupted economy. Later on this other picture material. Photos speak for themselves and often would lead to the undermining of the early and fragile democ- say more than words. Also shown is that advertising mate- racy of the Weimar Republic and eventually to the rise of rial published by the shipowners to draw attention to their National Socialism. However, the time that everything seemed ships or activities was subject to graphical changes through possible ended earlier than expected, due to speculation with the years. We see the era of steam shipping, the emergence of stocks on the stock exchanges on a large scale. On the 24th of motor vessels, the revival and downfall of the passenger trade October 1929 the bubble burst with the Wall Street Crash, with and the changes in merchant shipping. a worldwide recession as a result. Wooden crates became containers and on many ships the loading gear disappeared. The emergence of the classic coaster New ships that were purchased by means of speculation were and the severe changes of this type of ship caused by among added to the Dutch Merchant Navy. Moreover, new shipping others expansion, are also discussed. The closing of many companies were founded but they dropped out of the picture smaller ports was one of the causes of this phenomenon. again very quickly. The revival of the early 1920s had not been All types of ships will pass your eye. entirely visible in the Dutch shipping industry yet; due to a decrease in freight rates as well as overcapacity ships even The 1920s of the previous century, also called the ‘Roaring had to be laid up. However, as from 1924 recovery followed Twenties’, were years when everything seemed possible, part- and the most beautiful ships slid down the slipway. Passenger ly due to a booming economy after World War I. There was an shipping to America and the Dutch East Indies flourished and enormous increase in the use of cars (T-Fords) especially in the the Holland-America Line brought the grand three-funneled United States of America. It was the time of Coco Chanel and vessel Statendam (1929) into service, just like they had done a the charleston. Women started to wear short skirts, sometimes few years earlier with the Veendam (1923) and the Volendam even ending above the knee. The popular hairstyle was short (1922). Of course, the Netherland Line Royal Dutch Mail and the Rotterdam Lloyd could not stay behind Cover photo: and they brought into service, especially for the service to the The grand passenger vessel Nieuw Zeeland of KPM, seen here Dutch East Indies, the Johan de Witt (1920), Pieter Corneliszoon sailing on the Nieuwe Maas in Rotterdam during one of her sea Hooft (1926), Christiaan Huygens (1928) and Tjerimai (1914) trials before she would be handed over officially to her owners. purchased in 1921, Slamat (1924), Indrapoera (1926) and Sibajak (1928) respectively. The Royal Holland Lloyd sailed to South America with the immense three-funneled vessels Brabantia and Limburgia. However, they would only sail for this shipowner for two years before they dropped out of the picture just as quickly. Furthermore, lots of freighters sailed on the world’s seas that also had accommodation for passengers. They were able to take pas- sengers to destinations that were not included in the service of the large liners. Next to merchant ships that sailed in a regular service to destinations in the Far East, the Dutch East Indies, North and South America, Africa and Australia, this part also shows tramp Beautiful commemorative medal, minted to commemorate the traders, ships that picked up freight wherever that was possible 50th anniversary (13 May 1870 - 13 May 1920) of the founding of and that would drift on all the world’s seas. The majority of these Netherland Line Royal Dutch Mail. The medal was designed by ships were still steam vessels, thus this episode shows those hey- the medallist Johannes Cornelis Wienecke (24 March 1872 - days when ships would blow giant clouds of steam into the air. 8 November 1945). The front shows the Jan Pieterszoon Coen. Willem H. Moojen Beverwijk, March 2009 Contents 9 N.V. W.H. Berghuys Kolenhandel 69 N.V. Algemeene Nederlandsche Scheepvaart Maatschappij Amsterdam Rotterdam 10-11 N.V. Hollandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij 70-71 N.V. Houtvaart Amsterdam Rotterdam 12-13 N.V. Java-China-Japan Lijn 72 N.V. Hudig & Pieters Algemeene Scheepvaart Amsterdam Maatschappij 14-25 N.V. Koninklijke Hollandsche Lloyd Rotterdam Amsterdam 73-85 N.V. Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaart 26-33 Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot-Maatschappij Maatschappij - Holland-Amerika Lijn N.V. Rotterdam Amsterdam 86 N.V. Nederlandsche Scheepvaart Maatschappij 34-36 N.V. Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij ‘Transatlanta’ Amsterdam Rotterdam 36-37 N.V. Nederlandsche Zuid-Afrikaansche Stoomvaart 87-89 Van Nievelt , Goudriaan & Co’s Stoomvaart Maatschappij Maatschappij N.V. Amsterdam Rotterdam 38-52 N.V. Stoomvaart-Maatschappij ‘Nederland’ 90-95 N.V. Phs. van Ommeren’s Scheepvaartbedrijf Amsterdam Rotterdam 52-53 N.V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij ‘Noordzee’ 95 N.V. Rotterdamsche Algemeene Scheepvaart Maatschappij Amsterdam Rotterdam 54-55 N.V. Stoomvaart-Maatschappij ‘Oostzee’ 96-105 N.V. Rotterdamsche Lloyd Amsterdam Rotterdam 56 Jan Damhof 106-108 N.V. J. Salomons’ Scheepvaart- & Expeditiekantoor Delfzijl Rotterdam 56-64 N.V. Curaçaosche Scheepvaart Maatschappij 109-112 N.V. Scheepvaart- en Steenkolen Maatschappij ’s-Gravenhage Rotterdam 65-67 N.V. Vereenigde Nederlandsche 113-114 N.V. Solleveld, van der Meer & T.H. van Hattum’s Scheepvaartmaatschappij Stoomvaart-Maatschappij ‘s-Gravenhage Rotterdam 68 Abraham van Dijk en Albertus Klugkist 115 N.V. Steenkolen-Handelsvereeniging Groningen Rotterdam 116-117 N.V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij ‘Atlas’ Rotterdam 118-119 N.V. Stoomvaart-Maatschappij ‘Nederlandsche Lloyd’ Rotterdam 120-121 Stoomvaart Maatschappij ‘Triton’ Rotterdam 122 N.V. Wester Scheepvaart Maatschappij ‘Wesma’ Rotterdam 122-125 Stoomvaart Maatschappij ‘Zeeland’ Koninklijke Nederlandsche Postvaart N.V. Vlissingen 127 Index 128 Photographs A very elegant, enamelled brooch, depicting an oval A tin for cigars sold by Koninklijke Sigarenfabriek Dresselhuys & lifebuoy with the company flag and the name J.P. Coen. Nieuwenhuysen of Culemborg. The tin contained 25 cigars of the brand Probably, this brooch was sold in the shop on board but Claro Perfectos, which were probably sold on board the passenger ships it is also possible that it served as a promotional gift for of the Netherland Line Royal Dutch Mail, considering the picture of the ladies. Jan Pieterszoon Coen.
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