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Ms Bantam (1939)
MS Bantam in undated photo while in Australia 1942-45.
History
Name
  • Bantam
  • Pearl Glory (1964)
  • Mill Star (1969)[1][2]
OwnerRotterdamsche Lloyd[3]
Operator
  • Rotterdamsche Lloyd
  • U.S. & U.K. Charter (probably WSA & BWMT) 1942-46
  • Rotterdamsche Lloyd (1946)
  • Pacific Pearl Navigation Co. Ltd., Hong Kong (1964)
  • Marmando Compañia Naviera S.A., Panama (1969)[1][2]
Port of registryNetherlands Batavia[4]
BuilderN.V. Machinefabriek & Scheepswerf van P. Smit Jr.[4]
Completed1939[4]
FateSold for scrap and scrapped in China in 1971[2]
General characteristics
Tonnage9,312 GRT[4]
Length483 ft 4 in (147.3 m)[4]
Beam62 ft 8 in (19.1 m)[4]
Draft38 ft 2 in (11.6 m)[4]
Decks3
Propulsion2x diesel[4]
Speed15 knots
NotesOften confused with the SS Bantam of 3,322 GRT built 1929 (Lloyd's)/1930 (other references) as they were both Dutch with the same name and same builder operating in the same area over a number of years. Even Australian news accounts of the scuttling with munitions of the ship sunk at Oro Bay use this ship's tonnage instead of the actual KPM ship's 3,322 tons even as the MV Bantam was resuming operations in the East Indies. The older ship appears in Lloyd's under the newer ship with only a long dash in place of name.
Not to be confused with SS Bantam (1930).

MS Bantam , 9,312 GRT, was built by N.V. Machinefabriek & Scheepswerf van P. Smit Jr. of Rotterdam, Netherlands in 1939 for Koninklijke Rotterdamsche Lloyd. It was the second ship of the name, the other being SS Bantam (1930) of 3,322 GRT of Koninklijke Paketvaart-Maatschappij and sunk 28 March 1943, from this builder operating in the same region and during overlapping times.

MS Bantam operated under charter by both the United States and the United Kingdom during World War II. It was used in trans-Atlantic convoys from and to New York City on a regular basis from April 1944 to April 1945.[1][5][6] The ship was returned to the original owners in 1946.[1]

After wartime service the ship was returned to Koninklijke Rotterdamsche Lloyd in 1946 and resumed cargo and passenger service in the Indies as the colony became Indonesia until sold in 1964.[1][7] Under the Pacific Pearl Navigation Co. Ltd., Hong Kong the name was changed to Pacific Pearl. In 1969 the ship changed ownership to Marmando Compañia Naviera S.A., Panama with another change to Millstar (possibly Mill Star) until sold for scrapping in China in 1971.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f S. Swiggum and M. Kohli 2005.
  2. ^ a b c d Scheepsfotoruilbeurs: ZEEBRIEF#65.
  3. ^ Lloyd's Registe/r: 1943-44.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Lloyd's Register: 1943-44.
  5. ^ Hague: CU Convoys – 1943-1945.
  6. ^ Hague: UC Convoys – 1943-1945.

References cited

  • Hague, Arnold. "CU Convoys – 1943-1945". Ships in Atlantic Convoys. warsailors.com. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  • Hague, Arnold. "UC Convoys – 1943-1945". Ships in Atlantic Convoys. warsailors.com. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  • Koninklijke Rotterdamsche Lloyd Museum. "Bantam photo gallery". Koninklijke Rotterdamsche Lloyd Museum. Archived from the original on 25 August 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  • Lloyds (1943–44). "Lloyd's Register" (PDF). Lloyd's Register (through PlimsollShipData). Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  • S. Swiggum and M. Kohli (February 3, 2005). "Rotterdam Lloyd / Stoomboot Reederij "Rotterdamsche Lloyd"". TheShipsList. TheShipsList. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  • Scheepsfotoruilbeurs (16 January 2013). "ZEEBRIEF#65 (.pdf download from link)". Photomaassluis, Rotterdam. Archived from the original on 8 October 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  • Bantam Koninklijke Rotterdamsche Lloyd Museum, Bantam photo gallery
  • Rotterdamsche Lloyd—Nederlandsch-Indië Koninklijke Rotterdamsche Lloyd Museum, in Dutch, showing routes and history
  • The Canadian Theosophist "Professor Wood in Manilla" from MV Bantam July 24, 1946 mentioning devastation of Manilla, Batavia, Soerabaya and Macassar as Bantam is delayed by "shortage of loading facilities"
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