SS Simon Bolivar

Cargo: 320,000&nbsp;cu&nbsp;ft (9,100&nbsp;m 3 ) grain; 290,000&nbsp;cu&nbsp;ft (8,200&nbsp;m 3 ) bale
Passengers, as built: 152 × 1st class ; 54 × 2nd class; 32 × 3rd class
Passengers, 1930s: 131 × 1st class; 52 × 2nd class; 42 × 3rd class

History
The Netherlands
Name	Simon Bolivar
Namesake	Simón Bolívar
Owner	KNSM
Port of registry	Amsterdam
Route	Amsterdam – Caribbean
Builder	RDM, Rotterdam
Yard number	138
Laid down	25 February 1926
Launched	15 December 1926
Completed	5 March 1927
Refit	1930s
Identification	until 1933: code letters PSDN; ; by 1934: call sign PHMS; ;
Fate	mined, 18 November 1939
General characteristics
Type	passenger-cargo liner
Tonnage	7,906 GRT, 4,760 NRT, 8,228 DWT
Length	133.65 m (438.5 ft) overall; 130.00 m (426.5 ft) p/p;
Beam	18.03 m (59.2 ft)
Draught	8.23 m (27 ft 0 in)
Depth	8.46 m (27.8 ft)
Decks	2
Installed power	1 × quadruple expansion engine, 4,800 ihp, 856 NHP, 3,529 kW
Propulsion	1 × screw
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h)
Capacity	Cargo: 320,000 cu ft (9,100 m3) grain; 290,000 cu ft (8,200 m3) bale; Passengers, as built: 152 × 1st class; 54 × 2nd class; 32 × 3rd class; Passengers, 1930s: 131 × 1st class; 52 × 2nd class; 42 × 3rd class;
Crew	135
Sensors &; processing systems	by 1930: wireless direction finding

SS Simon Bolivar was a Dutch transatlantic passenger ship and cargo liner that was built in 1927. Her regular route was between Amsterdam and the Caribbean. Two German magnetic mines sank her in the North Sea in 1939, early in the Second World War, killing more than 80 of the people aboard her. The Netherlands were neutral at the time, but the ship was off the coast of Essex in England. More than 100 of the passengers aboard at the time were Jewish refugees from Nazism.

Simon Bolivar was one of several merchant ships sunk by the same German minefield within the space of a few days. These sinkings led to accusations that Germany had violated the Hague Conventions, by laying mines that failed to minimise the risk to civilian shipping.