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Miss Hertha von Turk relaxing aboard the T.S.S. Nieuw Amsterdam, Spring, 1915 Miss Hertha von Turk sailed aboard the T.S.S. Nieuw Amsterdam of the Holland-America Line, departing 29 May 1915 from Rotterdam to New York, under the command of Captain J. Baron. Miss Hertha von Turk occupied First Class Cabin No. 65 Miss Elvira von Türk occupied First Class Cabin No. 64 and Miss Maud von Turk occupied First Class Cabin No. 66 – Holland-AmericaLine Now to find out what kind of mischief they got into once the arrived in New York!

In December 1917, a Hertha von Turk played in the operetta 'Autoliebchen' (Auto Love), s. The New York Clipper (December 1917), p. 10, col. 4 archive.org/stream/Clipper65-1917-12#page/n9/

In The New York Clipper (November 1917), p. 10, col. 4 she appears as Hertha von Tuerk as part of the cast of the play 'New York in Wort und Bild'. archive.org/stream/Clipper65-1917-11#page/n9/

The NYT, August 22, 1923 indicates that she was a daughter of the Austrian soprano Olga von Türk-Rohn (1865 - 1940) and she married Reinhold Warlich. query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9903E6DC1639E033A... Reinhold Warlich: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/15713130237/

Possibly from this family -- de Crombrugghe de Picquendaele gw2.geneanet.org/idesrotsart1?lang=en&m=N&v=de%20... But I don't see a match for the J. initial. There do seem to be three branches to the Belgian aristocratic family: de Crombrugghe de Picquendaele, de Crombrugghe de Schipsdaele, de Crombrugghe de Looringhe

This may be little Georges, Georges de Crombrugghe de Looringhe, born 1909 gw1.geneanet.org/gounou?lang=en&pz=auguste&nz=dum... If so, his mother is the former Madeleine de Kerchove de Denterghem d'Exaerde 1882-1966 NYT of September 19, 1915 select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50816FA385B1773... reports that she and her husband had become separated in Belgium some months before. Having discovered where the other was, they missed each other crossing the Atlantic!!

appears to be the Potsdam (5 davit stations, 2 open upper decks, single funnel, single long row of portholes). No other HAL ship looked quite like this www.halfansite.nl/vlootlijst 1.htm

Could this be the S.S. Statendam? Thanks!

I think that's correct. There are very few really clear photos I've found of SS Statendam but they all seem to have 5 lifeboats and a few really clear of SS Potsdam have 6, so I believe you are correct. Which means, the life rings most likely say Statendam as well.