North Atlantic, 500 M west of Ireland The Dutch merchant freighter MV Abbekerk is sailing the last leg of a 5 months voyage that took her all around the world. She sailed from England, loaded with war materials and ammunition, via Capetown to Suez to supply troops... The Clyde, Glasgow, at anchor Abbekerk has delivered her cargo at Liverpool then sails to Glasgow and anchors in one of the sheltered bays of The Clyde, awaiting her next voyage. Now repairs, needed after half a year voyage, are conducted. Looking at the ship... The Clyde, Glasgow, still at anchor English sergeant Walter MacNab recalls boarding Abbekerk for the first time. As a so called DEMS gunners he and three colleagues are assigned to strengthen the ship’s defense capability. But, as the rest of the ship’s crew, he is not... Gourock, at the quay, loading cargo Thousands of bombs are hoisted into the holds of Abbekerk by large harbor cranes. Some of the crew return from a short leave and find their ship at the quay at Gourock being loaded with the least wanted cargo a... Irish Sea, the formation of convoy 11 Ocean liners, packed with soldiers, depart from different ports along the east coast of England and rendez vous in the Irish Sea. Four heavy loaded freighters are also on their way, including Abbekerk. A few days later we sailed... Hamburg, Blohm und Voss shipyard In Hamburg yet another U-boat is launched, one of 224 build by this shipyard during the war. German U-boats were only given a number, not a name. This boat, one of the most build type VIIc, is U-604. U-boats are... Atlantic Ocean, steaming south at 14 knots Yesterday the battleship HMS Royal Sovereign has joined the convoy. This World War I veteran is accompanied by five destroyers. Four destroyers from the existing escort now leave the convoy. England can only continue the war effort if she can... Near Cape Verdi Islands, course south-east at 14 knots At night showers of sparks erupted from the funnel illuminating the convoy, by day the funnel emitted a thick blue-grey smoke, visible from tens of miles away. The convoy was not amused. Obviously something was wrong with our engines. Ass.... Freetown, Sierra Leone. At anchor The stopover in Freetown, capital of Sierra Leone, is a necessary evil. It is the only port in the region the British can use. Even though this natural harbour – not much more than a place to drop anchor- is... Adriaan Willem Kik (1919-2000) Adriaan W Kik, who's memoirs are the inspiration and base of this website Lest we forget The Netherlands started the war with 640 seagoing ships. From these 351 ships were lost during the war. Of the 12000 Dutch and 6500 other nationalities that manned those ships, 3600 were killed. Killed while serving on Abbekerk: Herbertus Boender, ass. engineer, March 10, 1940 (accident in London) Pieter Balk (19), 3de cook, August 24, 1942 (when Abbekerk sunk) Geert Frederik van der Laan, 1st Mate, August 24, 1942 (when Abbekerk sunk). Still under repair … The site is still not fully repaired after a hack attempt. Some parts, including few of the Dutch translations and menu’s,still do not work yet. This will be fixt later this year. Apologies for the inconvenience, Peter.
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