January 1940 – June 1940
Rotterdam – Yokohama – Colombo – Capetown – Clyde (Glasgow)
Only after leaving Rotterdam Abbekerk was secretly rerouted directly to Japan via the Panama Canal as the Pacific was seen as the safest area for a neutral ship. When Germany invaded Holland Abbekerk was in Madras and rerouted to England via the Mediterannean Sea. With Italy obviously going to join Germany the Med was concidered too dangerous and Abbekerk was then rerouted via the Cape
| Departure | Arrival | Remarks | ||
| 1940 | ||||
| Rotterdam | Jan 27 | Antwerp | Feb 01 | Potash |
| Dungeness | Feb 18 | |||
| Balboa | Mar 04 | Yokohama | Mar 25 | |
| Yokohama | Mar 28 | Kobe | Mar 29 | |
| Kobe | Mar 31 | Shanghai | Apr 03 | coconuts |
| shanghai | Apr 05 | Hong Kong | Apr 07 | coconuts |
| Hong Kong | Apr 08 | Manila | Apr 10 | |
| Manila | Apr 13 | Miri | Apr 16 | steel, general cargo |
| Miri | Apr 17 | Singapore | Apr 19 | |
| Singapore | Apr 20 | Penang | Apr 22 | |
| Penang | Apr 23 | Madras | May 04 | rubber |
| Madras | May 10 | Germany invades Holland | ||
| Colombo | May 12 | Suez | May 21 | Independent, Suez Canal 26-5-1940 . Mediterranean too dangerous, now via Cape |
| Suez | May 26 | Aden | May 30 | Independent |
| Aden | May 30 | Capetown | Jun 12 | Independent |
| Capetown | Jun 17 | Freetown | Jun 26 | Independent |
| Freetown | Jul 04 | Belfast Lough | Jul 20 | Convoy SL.38F |
| Clyde | Jul 23 | Degaussing, tested degaussing waiting convoy |
Peter
