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MS Oranje (1399)

Details:

Title

MS Oranje (1399),

Collection

WWII Military Units, HistoryNT, Second World War, 1939-1945,

Date

0000-00-00,

Location

Darwin Harbour,

Nation of service

Netherlands,

Service

Merchant Navy,

Service branch

Hospital Ship,

Unit

MS Oranje (1399),

Parent unit

Stoomvaart Maatschappy "Nederland" (SMN),

Date arrived in NT

1945-09-20,

Date left the NT

1945-09-21,

History

Although sailing under Australian command Oranje was crewed by the Dutch and continued to sail under the Dutch flag. Oranje was the largest hospital ship operating from Australia.,

Language

English,

Subject

Second World War, 1939-1945, Merchant Navy, Netherlands, Hospital ship, MS Oranje (1399),

Use

Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0),

Copyright owner

Library & Archives NT,

License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0,

Related links

http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/NUOLJA_TO_ORLAND_LOOMIS.pdf [Oranje MS (1399) p.144-146], https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/LIB100034427 [Australian War Memorial : Hospitalship MS Oranje], http://www.ssmaritime.com/oranje.htm [MS Oranje], http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=47749 [MS Oranje (1399)],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843631,