NOTE: Shipping company chops are with the firm
chops.
Ships Listed Below
|
- ALTING
- AMNUPUTTY
- ASDANG
- BARUMUN
- BATAK
- BONTEKOE - new
- BORIBAT
- BOTH (1)
- BRUAS
- BUYSKES or BUIJSKES
- CAMPHUIJS
- CARLYLE
- CLOON - new
- CREMER
- DE WEERT
- DIANA
- DUIJMAER VAN TWIST
- ELOUT
- GENERAAL VAN DER HEYDEN
- GENERAAL VERSPYCK
- HOUTMAN (2) - new
- HYE LEONG
- JARAK
- KAMPAR
- KEDAH
|
- KRIAN
- LAMONGAN
- LOUDON- new
- MAETSUYKER
- MAHIDOL
- MAKIAN
- MALACCA
- MANDAR
- MAPIA
- MAROS
- MARY AUSTIN
- MELCHIOR TREUB
- MUNCASTER CASTLE
- NIEUW ZEELAND
- OP TEN NOORT
- OPHIR
- PAKAN
- PALOPO
- PLANCIUS
- REAEL
- REDANG
- REIJNIERSZ
|
- REIJNST
- RENGAM
- RIEBEECK - new
- SAMPIT - new
- SAN FERNANDO
- SAPPHO
- SARIE BORNEO
- SCHOUTEN
- SENANG
- SINGAPORE
- TASMAN
- TERESA [possibly]
- THEDENS
- TIDORE
- TINOMBO
- TOBA - new
- TOBOALI
- TOBELO - new
- TOGIAN
- TOHITI
- TOMOHON
- VALENTYN
- VAN OUTHOORN
|
Abbreviations
-
MS
= motor ship
-
MV
= motor vessel
-
SS
= steamship
- KPM
= Koninklijke Paketvaart-Maatschappij (Royal
Packet Navigation Company)
- EAC
= East Asiatic Company
|
ShipA100
|
SS ALTING
|
updated:
27 Oct 2014

Image compliments
of MF Hartkamp
- built in 1900 by Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw
Mij., Amsterdam
- for KPM [thanks MF Hartkamp]
- 1,158 tons
- 1934 laid up
- 1936 scrapped at Singapore
|
ShipA200
|
MS AMNUPUTTY
|
updated:
6 July 2015
Click the image to
see the full over.
Image supplied by MF Hartkamp
- It seems that the name was spelt wrong on the
ship and that it should have been F. Manuputty.
[MF Hartkamp]
- seen in violet as a double oval handstamp
applied to a pair of 10 cent KGVI stamps on a
cover with no date stamps. The cover went from
SINGAPORE to PONTIANAK, West Kalimantan which is
the Indonesian part of Borneo. Strangely, the
sender has inscribed it per 'SS Lamongan' so, it
seems that the little ship was known by two
names.
- 556 tons was built in Portland in 1946 by the
Albina Engine & Machine Works as a standard
US Army Freight & Supply ship. Acquired by KPM in 1948. In 1951 she
was renamed the Lamongan. In 1958 she was sold
to a Singapore company who renamed her and from
then onwards she was sold and renamed numerous
times.
- 181.1 (overall). 171. 2 (between
perpendiculars) x 29.1 x 10.7 ft. (draught).
- 1946 Purchased and completed as F. Amnuputty
for the Dutch Government
- 1948 Purchased by KPM, same name.
- 1951 Renamed Lamongan. [See the listing below
for this ship.]
- 1958 Purchased by Heap Eng Moh SS Co., Ltd.,
Singapore; renamed Giang Bee. [Heap Eng Moh was
associated with Soon Bee SS Co. Ltd. Both
operated as the Red Funnel Line.]
- 1959 Renamed Kota Mas.
- 1964 Sold, renamed Hugo.
- 1965 Renamed Salto.
- 1966 Renamed Hugo.
- 1975 Sold, renamed King Petrel.
- 1979 Sold, renamed Iman.
Thanks to H. A. Cartwright for
additional information. [16 Oct. 2006]
|

ShipA300
|
Steamship ASDANG
|
updated: 9 March
2006
. 
Images from the author's collection
-
S. S. Asdang was a 640 tons
ship of the EAC. She was built in
1906. In 1909 she was transferred to Siam
Steam Navigation Co. [SSNC] and she was
wrecked in 1936. EAC
|

ShipB100
|
MS BARUMUN
|
updated:
3 Nov 2014
Click the image to see the full cover.
Image compliments of MF Hartkamp
- KPM ship
- 1,329 tons built in 1950 by Rotterdamsche
Droogdok Mij, Rotterdam
- in 1959 she was sold to Cia. Naviera Extremo
Oriente, Panama renamed Ancon
|

ShipB200
|
MS BATAK
|
updated:
6 July 2015
Image compliments of MF Hartkamp
- built in 1932 by Droogdok Mij. Soerabaja,
Soerabaja
- for KPM [thanks MF Hartkamp]
- 409 tons
- 1943 March 1, capsized at Soerabaja during
Japanese air raid
- 1943 raised by Japanese renamed Batak Go
- 1944 lost under Japanese flag
|

ShipB250
|
SS BONTEKOE
|
updated:
5 July 2015
Image compliments of MF Hartkamp
- KPM ship of 4,668 tons
built in 1923 built by J. & K. Smit,
Kinderdijk in the Netherlands.
- Scrapped at Hong Kong in 1959.
|

|
Steamship BORIBAT
|
updated: 9 March
2006
.
. 
Images from the author's collection
The third example uses serifs.
-
S. S. Boribat was a 563 tons
ship of the EAC. She was built in
1902. In 1908 she was transferred to Siam
Steam Navigation Co. [SSNC] and was scrapped
in 1937. EAC
|

|
SS BOTH (1)
|
updated: 6 July
2015

Image from the author's collection. Cancelled
Singapore 4 December 1908
-
1,383 tons built in 1890 by
Kon. Mij. De Schelde, Vlissingen
-
-
1929 laid up
-
1931 hulked
-
1938 August 17, sold to J.
van Beekhoven, Palembang
-
thanks to MF Hartkamp for
identifying this marking
|

ShipB500
|
Motor Vessel BRUAS
|
updated: 6 July
2015

Thanks to H. A. Cartwright for the image and
for the information below.
-
Built: 1945.
Gross/net/reg.: 1383/437/376 by Grangemouth
Dockyard Co. Ltd., Scotland.
-
Type: General cargo
coaster. Modified MOWT Standard B Class
Design.
-
1946 Built for Straits
Steamship.
-
1948 Sold to Sarawak
Steamship Co. Ltd. Kuching, Sarawak.
-
xx-07-1964 Sold to Straits
Steamship.
-
1972 Sold to Hung Seng
Sawmill Co. Ltd. Sibu, Sarawak.
|

ShipB600
|
SS BUYSKES or SS BUIJSKES
|
updated:
6 July 2015
Image & information by compliments of MF
Hartkamp
[The name is sometimes spelt SS BUIJSKES]
- built in October
1910 by Maatschappij Fijenoord N.V. -
Rotterdam
- for KPM
- 1800 tons
- sunk 27
January1942 during an air raid by Japanese
bombers at Padang
|

ShipC100
|
SS CAMPHUIJS (2)
|
updated:
3 Nov 2014
Image compliments of MF Hartkamp
- KPM passenger/cargo ship
- 2,776 tons built in 1904 by Nederlandsche
Scheepsbouw Mij., Amsterdam
- from 1914 to 1918 she was in use by Dutch
Navy, in 1937 she was laid up
- on 9 January 1942 she was sunk by a Japanese
submarine in the Java Sea
|

ShipC200 |
Steamship CARLYLE
|
updated: 6 July
2015
. 
Images from the author's
collection
-
Built: 1901.
Gross/net/reg.: 475/229/229.
-
Shipbuilder: Selby
Shipbuilding Company, Selby, England. Yard
Number: 49.
-
18-03-1902 Owned by
Steamship Carlyle Co. Ltd., Exchange
Buildings, Liverpool, England.
-
18-03-1902 Sold to Straits
Steamship Co. Ltd. for £11,250. Registered
at Singapore.
-
1916 Sold to Steam Traders
Ltd., 41 Eastcheap, London, for £10,600.
-
1917 Sunk by submarine 5
miles WSW of Ile de Seine Lighthouse. NW
coast of France.
Thanks to H. A. Cartwright
for identifying this chop and for the additional
information.
|

ShipC250 |
SS v. CLOON
|
updated: 6 July
2015
Image compliments of MF
Hartkamp
- KPM ship (4,519 tons)
built in 1912 by Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw
Mij., Amsterdam
- In 1942 she was sunk by Japanese submarine
and never raised.
|

ShipC300 |
MS CREMER
|
updated: 14 Nov
2014

Image from E. Tan
- KPM
ship
- 4,559 tons
- built by Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Mij.,
Amsterdam
- She had a number of first and second class
carbines
- in peacetime she was on a regular service
between Batavia, Singapore, Hong Kong and
Shanghai.
- for war service she was fitted out as a
troop ship capable of transporting 2000+
troops.
- 5 September 1943 she run aground on St.
Bees Island north east of Mackay,
Queensland,Australia and was lost.
|

ShipD100
|
SS DE WEERT
|
updated:
6 Nov 2014

Image compliments
of MF Hartkamp
- KPM ship
- 1,783 tons built by in 1912 by Maatschappij
Fijenoord, Rotterdam
- in July 1942 she was sunk by Japanese
submarine in the Mozambique Channel with 69
fatalities
|

ShipD200 |
SS DIANA
|
updated: 20 July
2015

Image from the author's
collection. Click the image to view the entire
cover.
- The state-owned shipping company Pelajaran
Nasional Indonesia (PELNI), established in
1952, operates a dense network of passenger
and freight services from Jakarta and
Surabaya to all the country’s major ports
and islands.
- Built in august 1920 by Davie Shipbuilding
& Repairing Co., Lévis, Province du
Québec, Canada, in order of: Canadian
Government Merchant Marine Ltd. and named:
CANADIAN HUNTER
- In 1929 taken over by: Canadian National
Steamships and renamed: CATHCART
- In 1946 sold to: Ming Sung Industrial Co.,
China, and renamed: TUNG HAI.
- In 1947 renamed: PO HAI
- In 1950 sold to: Cia Transporte Oriental,
Panama, and renamed: LA CAMPANA
- In 1953 sold to: Wallem & Co. Ltd,
Panama, and renamed: JAGJANANI
- In 1955 renamed: DIANA
- In 1964 sold to: Doreen SS Corp., Panama,
not renamed
- In 1967 scrapped Hong Kong
Thanks to M.F.
Hartkamp for the history of this ship.
|

ShipD300 |
SS DUIJMAER
VAN TWIST
|
updated: 6 July
2015

Thanks to H. A. Cartwright
for the image on the left and the details below.
Right image thanks to MF Hartkamp.
-
KPM Duijmaer van
Twist. Steamship.
-
Built 1926, NV Wilton’s
Scheepsw. & Mach. Fabr. Rotterdam. 1030
grt.
-
Named after Albertus
Jacobus Duymaer van Twist, Governor General
in the NEI from 1851 until 1855.
-
02-03-1942, she left
Tjilatjap (now Cilacap) unescorted for
Australia. On the 4th March, she was
captured by the Japanese and renamed Dai
Maru.
-
14-05-1945, ship was sunk by
US bombers at Makassar.
|

ShipE100
|
S. S. ELOUT
|
updated: 6 July
2015

Image from Gaden
Robinson
- Taken from an image of a cover franked with
Dutch East Indies stamps mailed on board the
ELOUT at Bandjermasin destined for Soerabaja.
Thanks to H. A. Cartwright.
- A cargo liner built 1910, gross tonnage of
1797 tons, by Fijenoord, Rotterdam
- Built for KPM
- Could accommodate 14 first,
12 second class and 700 deck passengers.
- 28-01-1942 Bombed and sunk
by Japanese plain at Emmahaven (Padang,Sumatra).
- The line is KPM
- The stamp is cancelled
SABANG.
- seen in violet one line chop
on a 1928 cover from Singapore to Samarinda,
Indonesian Borneo bearing a 12 cent blue KGV.
- seen on eBay in black as a
triple oval handstamp on the 1935 12 cent Silver
Jubilee issue

Thanks to H. A. Cartwright for
identifying this chop, the photo & for the
additional information. [17 Sept 2006]
|

ShipG100
|
SS GENERAAL VAN DER HEYDEN
|
updated:
3 Nov 2014
Image compliments of MF Hartkamp
- KPM ship
- 1,213 ton passenger/cargo ship built in 1929
by Haarlemsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij,
Haarlem
- destroyed on 14 April 1944 at Bombay when
the SS Fort Stikine exploded with the loss of
15 crew
|
ShipG200
|
SS GENERAAL VERSPYCK
|
updated:
6 July 2015
Image compliments of MF Hartkamp
- built for KPM in October 1928 by
NV Haarlemsche Scheepsbouw Mij., Haarlem
- in August 1956 she was sold for scarp to
Hong Kong
|
ShipH100
|
SS HOUTMAN (2)
|
updated: 6
July 2015
Images from MF Hartkamp
- KPM ship of 5,041 tons
built in 1913 by Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw
Mij. of Amsterdam.
- Scrapped at Hendrik Ido Ambacht,
Netherlands in 1938.
|
ShipH200
|
Steamship HYE
LEONG
|
updated: 6 July
2015
. 
Images from the author's collection
-
She carried mail to the
Malay east coast. Ref: Proud's Vol. 1 page
54.
-
1883. Gross/net/reg.:
494/296/302.
-
Shipbuilder: Blackwood
& Gordon, Port Glasgow, Scotland. Yard
Number: 178.
-
1883 Built for Wee Bin
& Co., Singapore.
-
1887 Sold to Tan Beng Gam,
Singapore.
-
03-02-1890 Transferred to
Straits Steamship Co. Ltd.
-
06-07-1926 Broken up at
Singapore.
Thanks to H. A. Cartwright
for identifying this chop and for the additional
information.
|

ShipJ100
|
Steamship JARAK
|
updated: 6 July
2015
. .
The stamps are cancelled
TANDJONG-BALEI
Thanks to H. A. Cartwright
for the images and the details below. [2 May
2006]
-
Built: 1927
-
Gross/net/reg.: 208/75/75.
-
Shipbuilder: Straits
Steamship, Sungei Nyok Dockyard, Port
Wellesley. Yard Number: 33.
-
1927 Built for Straits
Steamship.
-
xx-11-1940 Requisitioned by
RN as HMS Jarak (Auxiliary Minesweeper).
-
13-02-1942 Departed
Singapore for Batavia, Java, NEI.
-
14-02-1942 Spotted by
Japanese aircraft, shelled by 3 cruisers and
1 destroyer. Badly damaged.
-
18-02-1942 Engine failed at
Tanjung Buku, the southern extremity of
Pulau Singkep. Crew and stores landed
approximately 12miles from town of Dabo.
Ship scuttled in 17 fathoms off Tanjung
Buku. Approximate position, 0º 43' S. 104º
22' E.
|

|
MS KAMPAR
|
updated: 6 July
2015
. . 
Straight line
markings
. 
Triple oval
markings
- The Straits Steamship also
had a Kampar but she was a steamship.
- Different cancellations
(straight-line and oval, upper and lower case).
This was not unusual, in a hurry the person
applying the cancel used the first stamp that
came to hand.
Thanks to H. A. Cartwright for the
images and the details above.
- KPM ship
- 570 tons
- 1930 built by Int. Scheepsbouw Mij. De Maas,
Slikkerveer, Rotterdam
- 1958 sold to Pacific Shipping Co., Singapore
renamed Hai Soon
- 1965 sold to Indonesia not renamed, trace lost
|

|
Steamship KEDAH
|
updated: 7 July
2015
Left image from MF Hartkamp, right
from H A Cartwright
- See a history on this website.
- Associated with the "Blue
Funnel Line" (Ocean SS Co. Ltd.) [Cartwright, 3
May 2006]
- When bought by Zim Line, she
was renamed Kedmah, which means "Eastbound" in
Hebrew. [thanks MF Hartkamp]
|

|
Steamship KRIAN
|
updated: 3 May
2006

Thanks to H. A.
Cartwright for the images and the details below.
[2 May 2006]
- Built: 1911 by Scotts Shipbuilding &
Engineering Company, Greenock, Scotland
- Gross/net/reg.: 857/---/461.
- Built for Straits Steamship.
- 1953 Broken up
|

ShipL200 |
MS LAMONGAN
|
updated: 3
August 2015
Image compliments of MF
Hartkamp
- See the MS AMNUPUTTY for this ship's
history.
|

ShipL300 |
MS LOUDON
|
updated: 6
July 2015
Image compliments of MF
Hartkamp
- KPM ship (1,874 tons)
built in 1913 by Rijkee & Co, Rotterdam.
- She was laid up in 1934 and then in 1936
she was sold and used as a breakwater at
Singapore.
|
|
SS MAETSUIJCKER (1)
|
updated: 7 July
2015
Left image from
Jan de Kort, right image from MF Hartkamp
- MAETSUIJCKER (1) was a 1,390 ton passenger
ship built in 1890 by Kon. Mij. De Schelde,
Vlissingen for KPM. She went out of
service in 1920 and then scrapped at Singapore
in 1931.
- Named for Joan Maetsuijcker, Governor-General
of Ceylon 1646-1650 and then of the Dutch-East
Indies 1653-1678.
|

ShipM200
|
Steamship MAHIDOL
|
updated: 7 July
2015
. 
Image from the author's collection
-
Steamship Mahidol was a 753
tons ship of the EAC. She was built in
1908 and was transferred to Siam Steam
Navigation Co. [SSNC] the same year. In 1938
she was deleted from Lloyds Register. EAC
-
Shipbuilder: Kjobenhavn's
Fldk & Skbs., Copenhagen, Denmark. Yard
-
1908 Built for the Siam
Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., Bangkok, Siam, as
Mahidol.
-
25-04-1924 Sold to Straits
Steamship.
-
30-10-1936 Stranded and
wrecked on Kemaman Bar, at the entrance to
the Chao Phraya River leading into Bangkok.
Thanks to H. A. Cartwright for
additional information. [1 May 2006]
|

ShipM300
|
MS MAKIAN
|
updated:
3 Nov 2014
Image compliments of MF Hartkamp
- KPM ship
- 537 tons built in
1929 by Internationale Scheepsbouw Mij. De
Maas, Slikkerveer, Rotterdam
- in 1942 her crew
scuttled her while at Tjilatjap
- she was re-floated
by the by Japanese and renamed Kamikaze Maru
- in 1945 she was
returned to KPM
- in 1955 was sold
|

ShipM400
|
Steamship MALACCA
|
updated: 7 July
2015
. 
Left image from John Wilson 21 May
2006, right image from author's collection
- The stamp is the KEVII 5 cent
orange water marked multiple crown CA issued in
1909.
- Straits Steamship Company
Limited had 2 ships named Malacca. This is the
marking used on the MALACCA (1)
- Built: 1885. Gross/net/reg.:
653/---/405.
- Type: General cargo coaster
with deck passengers.
- Shipbuilder: Ramage &
Ferguson, Leith, Scotland. Yard Number: 59.
- Propulsion: Same.
Single-screw steamer. COMP. 2-cyl. 28, 54 x 36
in. stroke. 125 NHP.
- Hull/Deck Design: Iron.
2-decker. 2 masts. F: 27 ft. (8.23 m). B: 64ft.
(19.5 m). P: 41 ft. (12.5 m).
- Dimensions: 189.5 x 26.5 x
16.25 ft. (57.77 x 8.1 x 4.95 m).
- 1885 Built for Tan Beng Wan,
Singapore.
- 29-05-1885 Registered at
Singapore.
- 27-11-1885 Owned by Tan Beng
Wan, Tan Keong Saik of Singapore and Tan Im Neo
of Malacca.
- 03-02-1890 Sold to Straits
Steamship.
- 18-08-1921 Sold to ship
breakers at Singapore. Certificate returned and
cancelled, registry closed.
Thanks to Harold
Cartwright for correcting the listing and for
supplying the information above. [2 May 2007]
|

ShipM500
|
MS MANDAR
|
updated:
7 July 2015
Image compliments of MF Hartkamp
- KPM ship
- 536 tons built in 1929 by Internationale
Scheepsbouw Mij. De Maas, Slikkerveer,
Rotterdam
- on 6 March 1942 she was scuttled at
Tjilatjap by her crew and then re-floated by
the Japanese and renamed Hiyoshi Maru
- on 10 June 1944 she was sunk by a torpedo
from a British submarine in Strait of Malacca
|

ShipM600
|
MS MAPIA
|
updated:
14
Nov 2014
Image from the author's collection
- a KPM built in Feb
1930 by NV Internationale Scheepsbouw Mij.
“De Maas”. Slikkerveer
- on 15 Feb 1942 she was captured by the
Japanese
- in Nov 1945 she was sunk. [MF Hartkamp]
|
ShipM700
|
MS MAROS
|
updated:
3 August 2015
Images compliments of MF Hartkamp
- KPM ship
- 550 tons built
in 1930 by Int. Scheepsbouw Mij. De Maas,
Slikkerveer, Rotterdam
- in 1942
scuttled by own crew at Tjilatjap
- 1943 raised by
the Japanese and renamed Haruyoshi Maru
- 1946 returned
to KPM as MS
MAROS
- 1957 scrapped
at Singapore
|

ShipM800
|
Steamship MARY AUSTIN
|
updated: 7
July 2015
. 
Image from the author's collection
-
A General cargo coaster
of 206 gross tons built in 1865 by T. D.
Marshall & Co., Newcastle, England
-
Single-screw steamer with
dimensions: 36.62 x 5.82 x 2.99 m.
-
1867 Built for W. Austin,
South Shields, England, as Mary Austin.
-
1874 Sold to Bacheelerie,
Marseilles, France. Renamed L'Avenir.
-
1877 Sold to N. V.
reederij ss Tromp, Makassar, NEI. Renamed
Tromp. M. Ohl & Co., as managers.
-
1884 Sold to W. G. Smith
and John Pitman, Hong Kong. Renamed Mary
Austin. Registered at Hong Kong.
-
1894 Sold to Khaw Joo
Gee, Penang.
-
1903 Transferred to Koe
Guan Company (became Eastern Shipping Co.
Ltd., in 1907).
-
07-04-1918 Sunk in
collision at Penang.
Thanks to H. A. Cartwright for
identify this chop & the additional
information. [10Sept 2006]
|

ShipM900
|
S. S. MELCHIOR TREUB
|
updated: 5 Nov 2015

Left image thanks to Mari
Heessels, centre image MF Hartkamp & right
image the author's - a second type

- Twin-screw passenger/cargo steamer.
- 3,458 tons built in 1913 for KPM by Maatschappij
Fijenoord, Rotterdam.
- Named after the scholar and botanist Melchior
Treub, a director of Java's famous botanical
gardens at Buitenzorg (now Bogor) from
1880-1909.
- She became a hospital ship from 1943 to 1945
and was sent to scrap in 1948in Hong Kong.
- Seen on eBay in March 2006 "SS MELC..." in
violet one line chop on a 6 cent Straits KGV ]
Thanks to H. A. Cartwright for
additional information. [19 Nov. 2006]
|
ShipM1000
|
Steamship
MUNCASTER CASTLE
|
updated: 7 July 2015
Can someone
supply information confirming that this was
actually used on the stamps of the Straits
Settlements?
Click the image to view the
cover.
Image from the author's collection.
- 5,853 tons, built in 1928 by Cammell Laird
& Co., Birkenhead
- she could carry 265 passengers and 3000 tons
of cargo
- torpedoed by a German submarine on 30 March
1942 near Monrovia with the loss of20 crew and
passengers however, 246 passengers and 82 crew
survived.
- See the War Memorial Trust for
an image and history
|

ShipN100
|
SS Nieuw Zeeland
|
updated: 7 July 2015

Left image thanks to E.
Tan, right image thanks to MF Hartkamp [stamp
cancelled TANDJONG-PRIOK]
- a KPM ship
- 10,906 tons built in 1928 by Rotterdamsche
Droogdok Mij, Rotterdam
- Speed 15.5 knots, Length 160m and Width 19m,
Crew of 200
- 123 first class and 50 third class passengers
- she was put on the regular service between
Singapore, the Dutch East Indies and
Australia.
- Converted to a troop ship in 1940 able to
accommodate 1,000 troops and she along with her
Dutch crew were delivered to the Royal
Navy.
- She joined convoys sailing to the Middle East
and Europe.
- She was involved in the invasion of North
Africa, and on 11 November 1942 she was sunk by
a German submarine off of Africa after
delivering her troops. (see here for a photo).
|

|
SS OP TEN NOORT
|
updated: 7 July
2015

Images from MF
Hartkamp. Right stamp cancelled TANDJONG-PRIOK
20.6.37.-8.
- A 6,076 ton passenger-cargo ship was built
in 1927 by Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Mij.,
Amsterdam for KPM
- in 1941 converted into a hospital ship
- on 5 June 1942 she was captured off Bawean
Island near Java by a Japanese submarine and
there after renamed the Tenno Maru and used
by them as hospital ship
- in 1944 she was renamed Hikawa Maru
- on 23 August 1945 she was scuttled by the
Japanese
- photo and extensive history are available
here
|

ShipO200
|
MS OPHIR
|
7update:
July 2015

Images thanks
to MF Hartkamp. Left stamp cancellation: MEDAN
6.12.38
|

ShipP100
|
Steamship PAKAN
|
updated:
7 July 2015

Image from the author's
collection
|
ShipP200
|
SS PALOPO
|
updated:
7
July 2015
Image compliments of MF Hartkamp
- Built 02-1922 for KPM by: NV WERF “Conrad”,
Haarlem
- Sold for demolishing to Hongkong: 03-1952
- Cancellation UNKNOWN, who can tell anything
about the cancellation (country, name town,
type of cancel)
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ShipP300
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SS PLANCIUS
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Triple Oval,
violet & Double Circle, violet
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updated: 7 July
2015

Two
types
Images thanks to MF Hartkamp

- KPM ship
- SS Plancius (5,955 tons) was built in 1924 by
the Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Mij., Amsterdam KPM. She was was one of
five passenger ships that were built for the
line, the others were the SS Tasman, SS
Bontekoe, SS Swartenhondt and SS Van der
Wijck.
- In WWII she served as a troop transport from
13-01-1942 until 02-03-1946 and participated in
the evacuation of civilians from Singapore. She
was eventually used as a submarine tender.
- The SS Plancius was named for Petrus Plancius
(1552–1622) who was a Dutch astronomer,
cartographer and clergyman.
- She was scrapped at Hong Kong in 1958.
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ShipR100
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SS REAEL (2)
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updated:
8 July 2015
Image compliments of MF Hartkamp
- KPM passenger ship
- 2,558 tons built in 1931 by Nederlandsche
Scheepsbouw Mij., Amsterdam
- in 1942 she was beached at Muntok
after Japanese air raid
- in 1943 recovered by Japanese and renamed
Myosho Maru
- in 1947 she was returned to KPM and become again the
name SS REAEL
- scrapped at Hong Kong in 1959
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Steamship REDANG
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updated: 9 March
2006
. 
Images from the author's collection
-
S. S. Redang was a 500 tons
ship of the EAC. She was built in
1901. In 1908 she was transferred to Siam
Steam Navigation Co. [SSNC] and was lost in
1942. EAC
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ShipR300
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SS REIJNIERSZ
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updated:
8 July 2015
Image compliments of MF Hartkamp
- KPM cargo/passenger ship
- 1,693 tons built in 1908 by Maatschappij
Fijenoord, Rotterdam
- in 1939 she was sold to Heap Eng Moh SS Co.,
Singapore and renamed HMS Giang Bee
- on 13 February 1942 she was sunk by Japanese
aircraft in Strait of Banka
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ShipR400
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SS REIJNST (3)
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updated:
3 Nov 2014
Image compliments of MF Hartkamp
- KPM cargo/passenger ship
- 2,298 tons built in 1929 by Nederlandsche
Scheepsbouw Mij., Amsterdam
- she was scrapped at Hong Kong in 1956
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Motor Vessel
RENGAM
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updated: 8 July
2015

SG279 2 cents green + SG297 5
cents brown x 2
Cancelled TANDJONG-BALEI
14-02-1939 [SG first recorded date of issue of
SG 297 (die II) is 18-02-1939?]

SG279 2c green + SG284 10c
dull purple cancelled TANDJONG-BALEI 14-02-1939

SG285 12c blue cancelled
TANDJONG-BALEI
Thanks to H. A. Cartwright for the images and
for the information below.
-
Built: 1934 by George Brown
& Company, Scotland.
-
Gross/net/reg.: 185/74/74.
-
Built for Straits
Steamship.
-
11-01-1942 Abandoned at
Penang.
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ShipR550
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MV RIEBEECK
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updated:
5 July 2015
Image compliments of Bas van der Hoek
- The KPM ship Van Riebeeck
(2,322 tons) built in 1902 in Amsterdam. Sunk
by a Japanese submarine in Indian Ocean in
1942.
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ShipS100
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SS SAMPIT
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updated:
6 Nov 2014

Image compliments of MF Hartkamp
- KPM ship
- 345 tons built in 1911by Wilton's Scheepsw.
and Machine Fabr., Rotterdam
- in 1932 she went to scrapped at Singapore
|

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Steamship SAN
FERNANDO
|
updated: 8 July
2015
Image from John Wilson. Click
the image to see the cover.
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Steamship SAPPHO
|
updated: 8 July
2015
. 
Image on the left is from the author's
collection. Image on the right is from John
Wilson
Ship S300 Steamship SAPPHO:
-
Sappho, 532 gross tons,
built in 1887 for the Blue Funnel
Line.
-
Shipbuilder: Scott &
Company, Greenock, Scotland. Yard Number:
253.
-
05-08-1890 she was
transferred to Straits Steamship Co.
Ltd., Singapore. The other ships in the
fleet were: Will o' the Wisp (148 tons),
Malacca (404 tons) , Billiton (335 tons) and
Hye Leong (406 tons). Allwere
schooner-rigged with small engines.
-
07-04-1923 Sold to Menam
Pilots Association, Bangkok, Siam. Used as a
pilot hulk anchored off the bar of the
Menamriver (approaches to Bangkok).
-
1928 Broken up.
-
"The ship carried at least
two passenger cabins and regularly made the
trip between Singapore & Tumpat. [The
Malayan Philatelist Vol 20, page 78.]
-
"Mails from Kuala Trengganu
are forwarded by the Siam Steam Navigation
Company's Steamers ... and by the SS Sappho
once a week.] [The Malayan Philatelist Vol
27, page 35.Mentioned in a letter from the
Postmaster General of Singapore date 7 July
1911.]
Thanks to H.
A. Cartwright for additional information.
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|
Steamship SARIE
BORNEO
|
updated: 8
July 2015
.
Image on the left from Bas van der Hoek &
that on the right from John Wilson
-
The Sarie
Borneo was built by Riley, Hargraves and
Co. in Singapore in 1897. At the time she
was the largest steel streamer built in
Singapore. She was 741 tons, 195 feet
long, 29 feet wide with a depth of 13.7
feet. In 1897 she is listed as a Dutch
ship owned by Aug Lim Thay of
Bandjermasin, Borneo and the Captain was
J. Tuckey. By 1920 the owners were Thio
Soen Yang and Thio Soen Tostill in
Bandjermasin, Dutch Borneo and the Captain
being N. Griffin since 1918. She does not
appear in the 1930 Lloyds List. [Lloyds
Register of British & Foreign Shipping
1900, 1920 and 1930.]
-
Mr. Thio
Soen To, a native of Bandjermasin. Dutch
Borneo. He was a general merchant, ship
owner and commission agent in his home
town and in Singapore. He also had another
ship SARI BANDJER, both ran between
Singapore and Dutch Borneo (now
Kalimantan). His brother, Kapitein Thio
Soen Yang, operated a similar business in
Bandjermasin under the chop Ek Liong Ho.

Image adapted from 20th Century Impressions
of British Malaya, Lloyd's Greater Britain
Publishing Co. Ltd. 1908. Editors: Arnold
Wright and H. A. Cartwright
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ShipS500
|
SS SCHOUTEN
|
updated:
6 Nov 2014

NOTE: Image on the left "KONINK. PAKETVAART" and
in the image on the right "KONINKLIJKE
PAKETVAART"
Images
compliments of MF Hartkamp
- KPM ship
- 1,784 tons built in 1912 by Maatschappij
Fijenoord, Rotterdam
- in 1941 she was transferred to the Dutch
Navy
- on 28 February 1942 she was scuttled by her
crew
- In 1943 she was raised by the Japanese and
renamed Suiten Maru
- on 3 March 1945 an American submarine
torpedoed and sunk her in the Java Sea off of
Bawean
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Steamship SENANG
|
updated: 8
July 2015
Image from MF Hartkamp
The cancellation reads: TIONG HWA LOEN TJOEN
/ PALEMBANG / SS SENANG
- Dutch cargo ship
- 1207 tons
- owned by Borneo-Sumatra Trading Co.
- built in 1914 by the Hong Kong &
Whampoa Dock Co. Ltd. in Hong Kong
- In 1927 the owner of this ship was:
TIONG HWA LOEN TJOEN & Co. Ltd.,
Palembang
- was sunk by a British mine on 16 January
1942 of Singapore with 54 killed
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ShipS700
|
SS SINGAPORE
|
updated:
6 Nov 2014

Image compliments
of MF Hartkamp
- KPM ship
- 585 tons built in 1912 by Nederlandsche
Scheepsbouw Mij., Amsterdam
- in 1939 she was sold to Heap Eng Moh SS Co.,
Singapore and renamed Indragiri
- in 1955 she went to scrapped at Hong Kong
|

|
SS TASMAN
|
updated: 8 July
2015

Left image from the author's collection that on
the right complements of MF Hartkamp
SS
TASMAN (2)
- Built for KPM in 1913 by: Earles
Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Hull.
- Started for the KPM at 19-03-1913
- 20-03-1918 seized by Great Britain
- 16-09-1918 torpedoed by German submarine

Image complements
of MF Hartkamp
SS
TASMAN (3)
- KPM ship
- 4,978 tons built in 1922 by Earle's
Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd.,
Hull
- in 1948 she was transferred to KJCPL
(Koninklijke Java China Paketvaart Lijnen)
but the name was not changed
- in 1955 she went back to KPM still called SS
TASMAN
- in 1958 she was scrapped at Hong Kong
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ShipT200
|
PER SS T / Chinese characters & possibly
Malay
Possibly Steamship TERESA?
|
updated: 13 May
2008
. 
Image from the author's collection

- The letter after the "T"
could be an "A", "E'" or maybe an "H"?
- Possibly TERESA, Steamship.
- Built: 1886. Gross/net/reg.:
1177/753/--- tons
- Shipbuilder: Grangemouth
Dockyard Co., Grangemouth, Scotland. Yard
- 1886 Built for J. W.
Adamson, London, England.
- 1888 Sold to Guthrie &
Co., Singapore.
- 1888 Sold to Wee Bin &
Co. (later became Ho Hong SS Co. Ltd.).
- 1888, Wee Bin ships were
operating between Singapore and Bali, the
Celebes, Moluccas, North Borneo and the Malay
ports of Klang, Telok Anson and Port Dickson. To
bring in hundreds of Chinese migrants, Wee Bin
Line ran a ship three or four times a week from
Swatow and Amoy, via Hong Kong, to Singapore.
- 1936 Broken up.
Thanks to H. A.
Cartwright for the additional information. [1 May
2006]
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ShipT250
|
SS
THEDENS |
updated:
3
August 2015
Image
compliments of MF Hartkamp
- KPM ship
- 2,071 tons, built in 1828 by Int. Scheepsbouw
Mij. De Maas, Slikkerveer, Rotterdam
- in 1956 scrapped at Hong Kong
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ShipT300
|
MS TIDORE
|
updated:
8 July 2015

Image
compliments of MF Hartkamp
- KPM ship
- 872 tons built in 1930 by Burgerhout’s
Machine Fabriek & Scheepswerf, Rotterdam
- in 1942 she was attacked by Japanese planes
and beached and later purposely destroyed by a
Dutch warship
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MS TINOMBO
|
updated: 8
July 2015

Thanks to E. Tan for the image on the left
& to Bas van der Hoek for that on the
right
The PERFIN on the 6 cents stamps is TKK = Tan
Kah Kee
- KPM ship
- 872 tons, 188 x 34 x12 m
- built in 1930 by Burgerhout’s Machine
Fabriek & Scheepswerf, Rotterdam
-
She was one of the
eleven Allied merchant ships lost as a
result the explosion aboard the
British ammunition ship Fort Stikine at
Bombay, India, on April 14th, 1944.
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ShipT450 |
MS TOBA
|
updated: 6
July 2015
Image compliments of MF
Hartkamp
- KPM ship (983 tons)
built in 1930 by C. van der Giessen &
Zonen, Krimpen aan den IJssel
- 1958 sold to Ban Ho Shipping, Panama &
renamed Ban Ho Liong
- 1973 renamed Tirta Karya
- 1984 sold to Indonesia
- her final fate is unknown
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ShipT500
|
MS TOBOALI
|
updated:
8 July 2015

Image
compliments of MF Hartkamp
- KPM ship
- 984 tons built in 1930 by Werf Gusto v/h
A.F. Smulders, Schiedam
- in 1942 she was severely damaged in a
Japanese air raid and beached
- In 1944 she was recovered by the Japanese
and renamed Aki Maru
- in 1948 she was returned to KPM and was named again
MS TOBOALI
- between 1958 and 1966 she was sold several
times and renamed each time
- finally in 1977 she was scrapped in
Singapore
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ShipT550 |
MS TOBELO
|
updated: 6
July 2015
Image compliments of MF
Hartkamp
- KPM ship (983 tons)
built in 1930 by C. van der Giessen &
Zonen, Krimpen aan den IJssel
- In 1942 she was
captured by Japanese & renamed Tobi Maru
- In 1944 she was
sunk by a British torpedo in the Java Sea
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ShipT600
|
MS TOGIAN
|
updated:
8 July 2015

Image
compliments of MF Hartkamp
- KPM ship
- 857 tons built in 1930 by Werf Gusto v/h
A.F. Smulders, Schiedam
- in February 1942 she was scuttled by her
crew at Koepang, Indonesia
- she was eventually raised by Japanese
- she disappeared during the war with no
trace
|

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MS TOHITI
|
updated: 8 July
20156

Cancelled: Pontianak 24
September 1937 - the chief city in West Borneo
at the mouth in the Kapuas delta.
Image from the author's
collection
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ShipT800
|
|
updated: 8 July
2015
. 
Images from Jan de Kort
- MS Tomohon was a 983 ton ship built
in 1930 built by C. van der Giessen
& Zonen’s Scheepsweren NV, Krimpen aan den
IJssel for KPM.
- On March 1, 1942 she was sunk together with
four other KPM ships by Japanese
destroyers in the Indian Ocean with the loss
of 6 lives.
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ShipV100
|
SS VALENTYN (2)
|
updated:
8 July 2015

NOTE: On the left spelt "VALENTYN" whereas
on the left "VALENTIJN"
Images
compliments of MF Hartkamp
- KPM ship
- 2,071 tons built in 1928 by Int.
Scheepsbouw Mij. De Maas, Slikkerveer,
Rotterdam
- She was scrapped at Hong Kong in 1958
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SS VAN OUTHOORN (2)
|
updated: 9 July
2015
I
Image from Gaden Robinson
- Steam freighter with
passengers accommodations.
- Built in 1927 for KPM by Int. Scheepsbouw
Mij. De Maas, Slikkerveer, Rotterdam
- Dimensions: 91.61m x
12.25m x 4.45m, 2,069 gross tons
- In 1933 she could
accommodate: 24 first class, 16 second class,
1,285 deck passengers.
- From 31.01.1942 to
28.11.1945, she was a Chartered British
Ministry of War Transport.
- On 14 April 1943, at Milne
Bay she sustained damage during a Japanese
dive bomber attack.
- In 1947 she became part of
the fleet of the KPM, Amsterdam.
- In September 1955 she was
scrapped at Hong Kong.
- The ship was named after
WILLEM VAN OUTHOORN who was the
Governor-General of the Dutch Indies 1691 –
1704.
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