{"id":1062,"date":"2009-12-15T19:27:22","date_gmt":"2009-12-15T18:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.msabbekerk.nl\/?page_id=1062&lang=en"},"modified":"2018-06-24T19:40:33","modified_gmt":"2018-06-24T18:40:33","slug":"routes-third-voyage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.msabbekerk.nl\/?page_id=1062","title":{"rendered":"Route third voyage"},"content":{"rendered":"

January 1940 – June 1940<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rotterdam – Yokohama – Colombo – Capetown – Clyde (Glasgow)<\/p>\n

Only after leaving Rotterdam Abbekerk was secretly rerouted directly to Japan via the Panama Canal as the Pacific was seen as the safest area for a neutral ship. When Germany invaded Holland Abbekerk was in Madras and rerouted to England via the Mediterannean Sea. With Italy obviously going to join Germany the Med was concidered too dangerous and Abbekerk was then rerouted via the Cape<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Departure<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n <\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nArrival<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n <\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nRemarks<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/span><\/td>\n1940<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n <\/span><\/td>\n <\/span><\/td>\n <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rotterdam<\/td>\nJan 27<\/td>\nAntwerp<\/td>\nFeb 01<\/td>\nPotash<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dungeness<\/td>\nFeb 18<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Balboa<\/td>\nMar 04<\/td>\nYokohama<\/td>\nMar 25<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yokohama<\/td>\nMar 28<\/td>\nKobe<\/td>\nMar 29<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kobe<\/td>\nMar 31<\/td>\nShanghai<\/td>\nApr 03<\/td>\ncoconuts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
shanghai<\/td>\nApr 05<\/td>\nHong Kong<\/td>\nApr 07<\/td>\ncoconuts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hong Kong<\/td>\nApr 08<\/td>\nManila<\/td>\nApr 10<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manila<\/td>\nApr 13<\/td>\nMiri<\/td>\nApr 16<\/td>\nsteel, general cargo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Miri<\/td>\nApr 17<\/td>\nSingapore<\/td>\nApr 19<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Singapore<\/td>\nApr 20<\/td>\nPenang<\/td>\nApr 22<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Penang<\/td>\nApr 23<\/td>\nMadras<\/td>\nMay 04<\/td>\nrubber<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Madras<\/td>\nMay 10<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nGermany invades Holland<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Colombo<\/td>\nMay 12<\/td>\nSuez<\/td>\nMay 21<\/td>\nIndependent, Suez Canal 26-5-1940 . Mediterranean too dangerous, now via Cape<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Suez<\/td>\nMay 26<\/td>\nAden<\/td>\nMay 30<\/td>\nIndependent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aden<\/td>\nMay 30<\/td>\nCapetown<\/td>\nJun 12<\/td>\nIndependent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Capetown<\/td>\nJun 17<\/td>\nFreetown<\/td>\nJun 26<\/td>\nIndependent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Freetown<\/td>\nJul 04<\/td>\nBelfast Lough<\/td>\nJul 20<\/td>\nConvoy SL.38F<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\nClyde<\/td>\nJul 23<\/td>\nDegaussing, tested degaussing waiting convoy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

January 1940 – June 1940 Rotterdam \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Yokohama \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Colombo \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Capetown \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Glasgow
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