Dutch steamship Amsterdam sold towards Germany to be converted into oil train factory according to the Dutch magazine Schip en Werf dated 15 November 1935

An item referred to tidings received from Norway that the German firm Rau bought the Dutch steamship Amsterdam to be converted into a floating train oil factory and used in the whaling business. The Kon. Ned. Stoomboot MIJ (K.N.S.M.) stated that she was yet not sold. Tonnage 8.670 gross and 4.709 net tons. Built by Lithgows Limited, Port Glasgow, Scotland in 1921.(1)

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1. Call sign NDFL/PCQD, deadweight 14.100 tons and as dimensions 473.7 x 65.7 x 31.11 (hold) feet.