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SS Aquileia
SS ''Aquileia'' was a Dutch-built steamship that was launched in 1913 as the ocean liner and mail ship ''Prins der Nederlanden'' for Netherland Line. She ran scheduled services between Amsterdam and the Dutch East Indies until 1930, when she was laid up. In 1935 Lloyd Triestino bought her and renamed her ''Aquileia''. In the Second Italo-Ethiopian War and the Spanish Civil War she was an Italian troop ship. In the Second World War she was a hospital ship for Italy and then for Germany. In 1944, German forces scuttled her as a blockship. Her wreck was raised in 1946 and scrapped in 1947. The ship's Italian name is spelt ''Aquileia''. However, Lloyd's Register always recorded her as ''Aquileja''. ''Prins der Nederlanden'' has been the name of several ships. The career of this one overlaps with that of a smaller ''Prins der Nederlanden'' that was built in 1902 for Koninklijke West-Indische Maildienst (KWIM, the "Royal West India Mail Service") and scrapped in 1927. Building In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duke Henry Of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (; ; 19 April 1876 – 3 July 1934) was Prince of the Netherlands from 7 February 1901 until his death in 1934 as the husband of Queen Wilhelmina. He remains the longest-serving Dutch consort. Biography Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was born on 19 April 1876 in Schwerin. He was the youngest son of Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and his third wife, Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. On 6 February 1901, Henry was created a Prince of the Netherlands and the next day, 7 February, married Queen Wilhelmina in The Hague. Their only child together, Princess Juliana, was born in 1909. Henry also fathered at least one illegitimate child, Pim Lier by his mistress Willemina Martina Wenneker (1887-1973). Born in 1918, Lier eventually rose to prominence in post-war Dutch politics as chairman of the extreme-right Centre Party. The birth of a son out of wedlock was likely symptomatic of the duke's increasingly strained r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
