Saturday, February 8, 2014

Van Der Wijk Monument

The sinking of Ship Van Der Wijck story is a true story that happened in Lamongan , Aquatic Brondong . This is evident from the monuments in the districts Brondong - Lamongan . Van Der Wijk monument is located in the Housing office page Prasana Ocean Fisheries Branch Brondong , which is behind the gate to the Port and Place PeIelangan Fish - Brondong . In Monument Van Der Wijk , there were two inscriptions which are in the western and eastern walls of the monument . The inscription is made of metal plate and inscribed in Dutch and Indonesian . Monument Van Der Wijk is a silent witness of the story of the disaster -blue Van Der Wijk sinking in the waters of Lamongan .

 The monument was built by the Dutch to commemorate the story of the sinking in the waters of Lamongan . The monument is also to say thank you from the Dutch State to citizens Lamongan when the accident occurred has been providing assistance in various forms and business . Ship Van Der Wijk are the property of Koninklijke Paketvaart steamer Maatschappij ( KPM ) is currently the forerunner of Indonesian National Shipping ( PELNI ) . At that time it served the route cruise ship in the waters in the Dutch East Indies . Van der Wijk ship made ​​by Fijenoord Maatschappij , Rotterdam in 1921 with a heavy tonnage of 2,596 tonnes and 13.5 meters wide ship . The ship got the nickname " de Meeuw " or " The Seagull " , as the figure and appearance of this ship that looks very elegant and quiet . When the last voyage , the ship Van der Wijk departed from Bali to Semarang first layover in Surabaya .

Ship Van Der Wijk on Tuesday October 20, 1936 date drowned when sailing in waters Lamongan , exactly 12 miles from the coast Brondong . The number of passengers at the time was 187 Indigenous people and 39 European citizens . While the number of crew consisted of a captain , 11 officers , a telegraphic , a steward , maid 5 ships and 80 crew from natives . According to Wikipedia , this sinking disaster resulted in 4 deaths and 49 people lost laut.Sedangkan waves by preaching Theshiplist.com no casualties 58 people who died . Newspaper De Telegraaf , October 22, 1936 , wrote 42 of the missing person . The number is uncertain because the number of passengers the ship is not in accordance with the manifest . There are many native porters were not recorded , it is likely they are missing a lot . Hopefully in the movie Luncurkanya Sinking Ship Van Der Wijck increasingly introducing the culture and beauty of a good Lamongan Among Among National and International

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