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Tjileboet_1927_2.jpg

Tjileboet_1927_2.jpg
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Picture of the S.S. Tjileboet (1918-1942), a 5760 grt vessel of the Java-China-Japan Lina, which stranded on April 5th 1927 on its way from Hong Kong to Singapore, was salvaged, and received a new foreship. It was sunk by the German submarine U 161 on 25 July 1942.

Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Sunday, April 10, 1927