Suriname-Rivier

Suriname-Rivier is a lightvessel permanently berthed in a wet dock in the Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam Open-Air Museum in Nieuw-Amsterdam, Commewijne, Suriname.[2]

Suriname-Rivier in Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam Museum in 2014
History
Netherlands
Name: Suriname-Rivier
Ordered: Ministry of the Colonies
Builder: Conrad shipyard, Haarlem
Launched: 1910
In service: 1911
Out of service: 1968 [1972]
Homeport: Paramaribo
Identification: ARLHS SUR-004M
Status: Museum ship
General characteristics [1]
Type: Lightship
Tonnage: 102.7 GRT
Length: 24.85 m (81 ft 6 in) o/a
Beam: 6.83 m (22 ft 5 in)
Depth: 2 m (6 ft 7 in)
Propulsion: none

The lightvessel was constructed by the Conrad shipyard in Haarlem, the Netherlands, for the Ministry of the Colonies of the Netherlands. It was launched in 1910 and, not being equipped with engines, was sailed to Suriname by Captain Johannes Franciscus Wijsmuller (1876-1923) in 1911.[3]

It was used to mark the mouth of the Suriname River.

The ship was replaced in 1968, decommissioned in 1972, and transferred to the Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam Open-Air Museum. Attempts to put the ship behind the local dikes at high tide resulted in a partial flooding of the village of Nieuw-Amsterdam.[4]

The ship is presently in serious disrepair and in danger of being lost. Efforts of a Dutch foundation to raise money for restoring the ship have so far been unsuccessful.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Lightship FEHMARNBELT". feuerschiffseite.de. 2010. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  2. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Suriname". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  3. "Dutch lightship is rusting away in Suriname" (in Dutch). telegraaf.nl. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  4. "Mijndomein".

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