Slamat, Sibajak, Insulinde, Indrapoera, Patria, Willem Ruys

Slamat

Bruto 11636 Ton.

built by Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde, 1924.

Chimneys two.

First trip 19th april 1924.

1924-1940 43 voyages Holland-Dutch Indies.

1940-1941 Rebuild as a trooper in Sydney, august 1940. First trip sept. 1940 Sydney-Fremantle-Bombay-Suez Channel.

Exploited on route Bombay-Suez Channel.

Sunk during operation Demon by the Luftwaffe JG77 on April 27th 1941 Aegean Sea on her way from the Bay of Nauplia to Crete (Greece) with Australian and New Zealand troops on board.

Survivors came aboard the English destroyers Wryneck and Diamond. Two hours later these ships were also sunk. From the thousand men involved only sixty survived.