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From April 1962 to February 1963 I was posted aboard the supply ship HMS. "Pelican" with which I left on May 22, 1962 (the day after the diving training had started) for a stay of eighteen months to the former Dutch New Guinea. At least that was the intention. Because at that time a normal military mission period was eighteen months. But it eventually got shorter because New Guinea was handed over to the United Nations in October 1962 and we arrived back in Den Helder on December 21, 1962, just in time to celebrate Christmas at home.
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Doortocht Panamakanaal
Naturally, the moisture content had to be maintained. The 4th photo is of the machinistTed Haitsma. The last two photos were taken somewhere in New Guinea.
Dutch cemetery
Rode Zee en het Suezkanaal
Napels
- The entry into Hollandia of the first Indonesian warship after the transfer, a
landing craft.
- Images of the visit to Cochin (India) on the homeward journey.
- The rough weather in the Red Sea.
- The Egyptian merchants we tried to keep off the ship with the fire hose.
- Entry into Den Helder.
- “Shooting exercises” (that's what I call it, experts were present) on the North Sea
- Sailing past HMS. Walrus
- Mooring (anchor in the coral…) at Klein Curacao
- Entering Willemstad
- Street images ditto
- To Panama Canal (unfortunately, mostly fell asleep….)
- Exit Panama Canal (big bridge briefly in the picture)
- Suva, remove images of cobra bunch
- New Guinea. There are a few shots that I made on the Snellius, including
swimming and football, HMS. Limburg (a good friend of mine was a doctor
there! They had patrolled along the south coast for a long time.
- Last part again Pelikaan, Cdt. de Vries controls a sloop etc.