| Entry Text: | HOWLETT, Lorna. The Oranje Story. 72p., illus. [Gerringong, NSW]: Oranje Hospitalship Association, 1991. ISBN: 0646064096. In early 1941, the Dutch government-in-exile offered the ship to the Australi-an and New Zealand governments as a hospital ship. Capable of 26 knots, Oranje was the fastest hospital ship in the world, and represented a valuable addition to the Allies’ medical capability. Originally staffed and operated by a Dutch crew, with a small complement of New Zealand and Australian staff, it later carried a largely Australian, and eventually a largely New Zealand medical staff. The Oranje completed 41 war voyages, covering over 382,000 nautical miles and carrying some 32,461 patients. It was then used to repatriate many Dutch internees from the Far East. A second revised edition was published in the UK in 1995, ISBN: 0951581562. |
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