SS 's Jacob

	's Jacob in port in Makassar, about 1907–14
History
Name	's Jacob
Namesake	Frederik Bernard 's Jacob
Owner	1907: Koninklijke Paketvaart-Mij; 1918: Shipping Controller; 1919: Koninklijke Paketvaart-Mij;
Operator	1918: British India SN Co
Port of registry	1907: Batavia; 1907: ; 1919: Batavia;
Builder	Mij v S&W Fijenoord, Rotterdam
Yard number	211
Laid down	26 February 1907
Launched	25 July 1907
Completed	October 1907
Identification	code letters TFGK (until 1925); ; code letters TFPN (until 1925–33); ; call sign PKRV (1934 onward); ;
Fate	Sunk, 8 March 1943
General characteristics
Type	passenger ship
Tonnage	2,907 GRT, 1,853 NRT, 3,438 DWT
Length	325.5 ft (99.2 m)
Beam	44.1 ft (13.4 m)
Depth	22.8 ft (6.9 m)
Decks	2
Installed power	233 NHP, 1,300 ihp
Propulsion	1 × screw; 1 × triple-expansion engine;
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h)
Capacity	passengers:; as built: 8 × 1st class, 18 × 2nd class, 1,000 × steerage; 1928: 8 × 1st class, 26 × 2nd class, 1,420 × deck; cargo: 180,000 cubic feet (5,100 m3) grain, 144,000 cubic feet (4,100 m3) bale;
Armament	1941: 1 × 4 in (100 mm) gun
Notes	one of several sister ships

SS 's Jacob was a passenger steamship that was launched in the Netherlands in 1907 and sunk by enemy action off New Guinea in 1943. She spent most of her career with Koninklijke Paketvaart-Maatschappij (KPM, the "Royal Packet Navigation Company"), based in the Dutch East Indies.

In the First World War the United Kingdom seized her under angary. In the Second World War she escaped the Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies, and became part of the Southwest Pacific Area (SWPA) command's permanent local fleet. A Japanese air attack sank her on 8 March 1943.

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