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Royal Rotterdam Lloyd
MS Sibajak
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Brochures, Deck Plans, Photographs, Menus & Memorabilia
The author
obtained this postcard on board the Sibajak during his voyage from
Please Note: Photographs on the MS Sibajak pages are mostly from the author’s personal collection, unless otherwise stated!
However, I wish to thank maritimedigitaal.nl for their kind cooperation!
This is the cover of the brochure that started it all, and began my voyage on this ship in 1958
Two Deck Plans
This is the first published (1928) Deck Plan
To see the full size of this deck plan just click on it, when the new page opens, the large image will reduce
but when it has fully loaded just click on it to view the large Deck Plan!
The cover to the plan below - as the plan below is so large, I had to photograph it and
it was difficult to obtain a good image from it as well as being the colours being balanced
This is her 1938 deck plan after she was refitted and when her forward upper superstructure
was lifted and new First Class cabins were added
A dramatic shot of the bow, with the ship ploughing through a rough sea
A better view of her upper decks as seen from the crows-Nest (the lookout) up from the forward mast
The Pursers Office
This is a First Class single cabin on “Boven” (B) Deck
This is a convertible three or a four berth cabin. The berth near the window can be lifted
to become an upper berth. It is located aft on “Boven” (B) Deck – seen after her 1952 refit
This is one style of the six berth cabins, but they varied greatly in shape
located on “Tusschen” (C) Deck far aft, seen after 1952
The glass enclosed section of the Promenade Deck, this is the portside looking aft
Passengers enjoying the ocean life and fresh air on Promenade Deck - portside aft
A close up of the forward grandiose Dining Room
An fine view of the MS Sibajak whilst she was on the
Above and Below:
Two typical brochures issued by Rotterdam Lloyd
I am sorry that the one below is of a lesser quality
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Three Very Special Menus
Two from 1939 & One from 1953
The first two menus were sent to me by a kind person, but sadly I have lost the details. Thus should that person, a relative or a friend know who this is, please let them know that I have placed them online as I wish to personally thank him or her! The only reason I have not been able to do it earlier is due to health problems.
But I am so happy that the world can now see these wonderful menus containing such wonderful art, especially considering that they were Second Class Menus. I found that the menu was extraordinarily good, and very much better than the eight menus in 1956 we can see Page Three, when the ship was all Tourist (One Class).
For interest, the Sibajak had originally been built as a Three Class and also for a short while as a Four Class ship, but in 1935 she was extensively modernised and fully refitted and at that time she became a Three Class Liner again accommodating: 200 First Class, 250 Second Class and just 75 in Third Class. This made her a much more pleasant ship and Second Class was very well catered for as we will see from the menus below.
I recall when I sailed on her in 1958 the menus when she was a One Class liner, the menus were very similar and we all enjoyed the food enormously!
It is also interesting to note that during the
second war years, the Sibajak was taken over by the British and placed under
the management of P&O, but with her usual Dutch crew and was refitted and
used as a troop ship. Thankfully she survived the war, and retuned to service
and in due course first to the
As you can
see the art work is simply stunning and as the ship was originally on the
(
With travellers
from the
As we can see above the menu is excellent with a good choice of fine foods, but wait until you see the Farewell menu!
A typical scene of
ancient
Something the Dutch could do is read a menu in French, when it comes to fine food, never a problem, but, other guests usually required translations!
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Now we come to one more menu that was kindly
sent to me by
Memorabilia
This is a very special Sterling Silver souvenir purchased aboard MS Sibajak and all it does is hold a box of matches
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Above & below: A souvenir Sterling Silver Sibajak teaspoon with logo of the ship, with full silver and maker markings on the back
And we see a close up of the Sibajak bow detail below
The photographs of
the spoon were provided by
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Farewell Old Friend!
MS Sibajak is seen
arriving in
She would head for
MS Sibajak Index:
Page One: MS Sibajak had long career from 1927 to 1959 - This is her complete story!
Page Two: Brochures, Deck Plans, Photographs Menus and Memorabilia.
Page Two-b: The Ships Interiors, Deck by Deck.
Page
Three: The
Author’s voyage on the Sibajak from
Page
Three-b: The
Family Salden-Van Mulken sail to
Page
Four: Ships
Page Five: Family van
Page
Six: Family
van
Page
Seven: The
Nieborak Family’s voyage to
Page Eight: Mr &
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