Built in 1944. Previously named Costa Rica Victory. Bought from the U.S.A. by the Dutch government in 1947, and reconstructed to carry large emigrants, students and repatriates. (Information from `Passenger Liners' by Laurance Dunn, 1961. Held in the Alexander Turnbull Library, in Turnbull Library Pictures at 387.2 G Dun)
Groote Beer (Ship)
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Ship Groote Beer
Date: [ca 1950s]
From: Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955 :Negatives of New Zealand towns and scenery, and Fiji
Reference: 1/4-020634-G
Description: Ship `Groote Breer', (in Wellington?) photographed by William Hall Raine, circa 1950s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative