SS Jan Pieterszoon Coen
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SS Jan Pieterszoon Coen was a Dutch passenger steamship that was launched in 1914. She was named after a former Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies. During the German invasion of the Netherlands
Jan Pieterszoon Coen in Sabang, about 1935
The ship was named after Governor-General Jan Pieterszoon Coen (1587–1629)
Jan Pieterszoon Coen docked in Batavia, about 1937
Modern day view of the port entrance of IJmuiden, the piers are clearly visible on the left
The Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij, was a Dutch shipbuilding company based in Amsterdam. It existed from 1894 to 1946. From c. 1908 it was the largest Dutch shipbuilding company.
SS Jan Pieterszoon Coen
…Kriegsmarine from using the port. Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland ordered the ship on 27 December 1912. She was laid down on 14 October 1913 at the Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij shipyard in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Coen was planned to be christened by Mrs. den Tex on 30 September 1914, but half an hour before this was to happen…
Former gate of NSM shipyard in the Conradstraat
The first slipways during the launch of Prins Willem I on 10 July 1901
Prinses Juliana on the fifth slipway just before her launch on 1 June 1910
Juliana dok on 12 May 1911