Pacific War 1941-1945: Re: M. S. Bloemfontein

Hi Jacques,

Some more info on Bloemfontein. Maybe you know the site's and if you are from SA you may be able to read it as well. Bloemfontein sailed for the VNS, Verenigde Nederlandse Scheepvaartmaatschappij. VNS no longer exsist, but is now part of Nedloyd. On http://www.vns-voe.nl/ (the website of former VNS personel) you can find some info on Bloemfontein: http://www.vns-voe.nl/M01geschvan/msbloemfontein.html

Some more picture on http://www.arendnet.com/Bloemfontein.htm on the first picture ther is some technical explanation of her bow-design, the 'maijer bow'.

Most information on her sailings during the war you find on www.convoyweb.org.uk . I pasted it into this post.

Departure	Convoy	Arrival
Wellington, Feb 12, 1941	Independent	Los Angeles, Oct 31, 1941
San Francisco, Oct 31, 1941	Independent
Los Angeles, Nov 11, 1941	Independent	San Francisco, Nov 12, 1941
San Francisco, Nov 21, 1941	Independent
Honolulu, Nov 28, 1941	Independent	Darwin, Jan 5, 1942
Darwin, Jan 7, 1942	Escorted	Sourabaya, Jan 11, 1942
Sourabaya, Jan 28, 1942	Independent	Wellington, Feb 11, 1942
	Independent	San Francisco, Mar 4, 1942
San Francisco, Apr 26, 1942	Independent	Papeete, May 18, 1942
Papeete, May 29, 1942	Independent	Balboa, Jun 10, 1942
Cristobal, Jun 17, 1942	Escorted	Norfolk, Jun 23, 1942
Norfolk, Jul 6, 1942	LW.101 (Norfolk, Va - Wellington)	Wellington, Aug 2, 1942
Wellington, Aug 14, 1942	Independent	San Francisco, Aug 31, 1942
San Francisco, Oct 1, 1942	Independent
Auckland, Oct 29, 1942	Independent
San Francisco, Nov 21, 1942	Independent
San Francisco, Dec 3, 1942	Escorted	Noumea, Dec 21, 1942
Noumea, Dec 28, 1942	not reported	Espiritu Santo, Dec 30, 1942
Espiritu Santo, Jan 4, 1943	not reported	Auckland, Jan 8, 1943
Auckland, Jan 9, 1943	not reported	San Francisco, Jan 25, 1943
San Francisco, Feb 18, 1943	Independent	Auckland, Mar 11, 1943
Auckland, Mar 16, 1943	Independent	Noumea, Mar 20, 1943
Noumea, Mar 21, 1943	Independent
San Francisco, Apr 18, 1943	Independent	Noumea, May 13, 1943
Noumea, May 17, 1943	Independent	Auckland, May 20, 1943
Auckland, May 21, 1943	Independent	Wellington, May 24, 1943
Wellington, May 29, 1943	Independent	San Francisco, Jun 16, 1943
San Francisco, Jun 28, 1943	Independent	Tonga, Jul 16, 1943
Tonga, Jul 20, 1943	Independent	Noumea, Jul 24, 1943
Noumea, Jul 29, 1943	Independent	Norfolk Island, Jul 31, 1943
Norfolk Island, Jul 31, 1943	Independent	Wellington, Aug 3, 1943
Wellington, Aug 7, 1943	Independent	San Francisco, Aug 24, 1943
San Francisco, Oct 3, 1943	Independent	Espiritu Santo, Oct 26, 1943
Espiritu Santo, Nov 6, 1943	not reported	Noumea, Nov 8, 1943
Noumea, Nov 8, 1943	not reported	Suva, Nov 11, 1943
Suva, Nov 13, 1943	not reported	San Francisco, Nov 27, 1943
San Francisco, Dec 12, 1943	not reported	Port Hueneme, Dec 14, 1943
Port Hueneme, Dec 16, 1943	Independent	San Francisco, Dec 17, 1943
San Francisco, Dec 20, 1943	not reported	Espiritu Santo, Jan 4, 1944
San Francisco, Feb 28, 1944	Independent	Pearl Harbor, Mar 5, 1944
Pearl Harbor, Mar 12, 1944	Independent	San Francisco, Mar 18, 1944
San Francisco, Mar 30, 1944	Independent	Noumea, Apr 15, 1944
Noumea, Apr 29, 1944	Independent	San Francisco, May 6, 1944
San Francisco, May 16, 1944	Independent	Port Hueneme, May 17, 1944
Port Hueneme, May 20, 1944	Independent	San Francisco, May 21, 1944
San Francisco, May 23, 1944	Independent	Morobe, Jun 11, 1944
Morobe, Jun 13, 1944	Independent	Langemak Bay, Jun 14, 1944
Langemak Bay, Jun 14, 1944	NA.24/1 (Langemak Bay - Seeadler)	Seeadler, Jun 15, 1944
Seeadler, Jun 26, 1944	AN.27A (Seeadler - Milne Bay)	Milne Bay, Jun 29, 1944
Milne Bay, Jul 2, 1944	Independent	Sydney NSW, Jul 9, 1944
Sydney NSW, Jul 12, 1944	Independent	San Francisco, Jul 30, 1944
San Francisco, Aug 11, 1944	Independent	San Diego, Aug 13, 1944
San Diego, Aug 14, 1944	Independent	Pearl Harbor, Aug 20, 1944
Pearl Harbor, Aug 22, 1944	Independent
Eniwetok, Oct 8, 1944	Independent	Pearl Harbor, Oct 14, 1944
Pearl Harbor, Oct 17, 1944	Independent	San Francisco, Oct 23, 1944
San Francisco, Nov 5, 1944	Independent	San Diego, Nov 6, 1944
San Diego, Nov 11, 1944	Independent	Pearl Harbor, Nov 17, 1944
Pearl Harbor, Nov 20, 1944	Independent	Eniwetok, Nov 27, 1944
Eniwetok, Dec 3, 1944	Independent	Guam, Dec 9, 1944
	Independent	Saipan, Dec 9, 1944
Saipan, Dec 9, 1944	Independent
Guam, Dec 16, 1944	Independent	Eniwetok, Dec 21, 1944
Eniwetok, Dec 22, 1944	Independent	San Francisco, Jan 3, 1945
San Francisco, Jan 7, 1945	Independent	Port Townsend, Jan 9, 1945
Port Angeles, Feb 1, 1945	Independent	Pearl Harbor, Feb 9, 1945
Pearl Harbor, Feb 14, 1945	Independent	Port Townsend, Feb 21, 1945
Port Townsend, Mar 17, 1945	Independent	Pearl Harbor, Mar 23, 1945
Pearl Harbor, Mar 29, 1945	Independent	Eniwetok, Apr 6, 1945
Eniwetok, Apr 16, 1945	Independent	Saipan, Apr 20, 1945
Saipan, Apr 21, 1945	Independent	Iwo Jima, Apr 23, 1945
Iwo Jima, Apr 26, 1945	Escorted	Manus, May 2, 1945
Manus, May 3, 1945	Independent	Guadalcanal, May 6, 1945
Tulagi, May 10, 1945	Independent	Kossol Roads, May 16, 1945
Kossol Roads, May 17, 1945	Independent
Tacloban, May 21, 1945	Independent	Batangas, May 24, 1945
Batangas, May 28, 1945	Independent
Manila, Jun 1, 1945	Independent	Manus, Jun 7, 1945
Noumea, Jun 30, 1945	Independent	Hollandia, Jul 5, 1945
Hollandia, Jul 5, 1945	Escorted	Cebu, Jul 10, 1945
Cebu, Jul 11, 1945	Independent	Batangas, Jul 12, 1945
Batangas, Jul 13, 1945	Independent	Manila, Jul 14, 1945
Manila, Jul 24, 1945	Independent	Leyte, Jul 26, 1945
Tacloban, Jul 28, 1945	Independent	Ulithi, Jul 31, 1945
Ulithi, Jul 31, 1945	Independent	Pearl Harbor, Aug 12, 1945
Pearl Harbor, Aug 14, 1945	Independent	Balboa, Aug 27, 1945
Cristobal, Aug 28, 1945	Independent	New York, Sep 4, 1945
New York, Sep 19, 1945	Independent	Liverpool, Sep 27, 1945
Liverpool, Nov 17, 1945	Independent	Hampton Roads, Nov 27, 1945
Hampton Roads, Dec 10, 1945	Independent	Port Said, Dec 26, 1945

Peter

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