Dutch shipping company ordered building of freighters Sinabang and Siberoet according to the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Handelblad dated 1 June 1926

An item reported that the Dutch shipping company Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij ordered the building of two 1,730 tons freighters included the engines by the yard Gusto (firm A.F. Smulders) at Schiedam. The ships were to be named Sinabang (1) and Siberoet.(2)

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1. Sinabang of 1,799 tons, sunk by airplanes from the Japanese aircraft carrier Ryoyo in the Java Sea in 1942. The newspaper Schiedamsche Courant reported her launching a day earlier at the shipyard Gusto/firm A.F. Smulders. She was designed by the Bureau voor Scheepsbouw, engineer M.A. Cornelissen who also served as supervisor during the building. Dimensions 81,50 (between perpendiculars) x 12,80 x 6,10 (hold). Her sister ship was the Siberoet built at the same yard. The triple expansion engine amidships supplied aqround 1,200 ihp allowing a speed of 10 nautical miles while laoded.

2. Siberoet of 1,799 tons, sunk by airplanes from the Japanese aircraft carrier Ryoyo in the Java Sea in 1942. Her wreck was salvaged by the Japanese and repaired. Taken into service as the Japanese Shiretoko Maru and finally torpedoed by the British submarine Tantivy in the Indian Ocean.

The newspaper Schiedamsche Courant dated Saturday 16 April 1927 reported her launching on the Thrsday before at the shipyard Gusto/firm A.F. Smulders. She was designed by the Bureau voor Scheepsbouw, engineer M.A. Cornelissen who also served as supervisor during the building. Her loading capacity was circa 2,350 British tons by a draught of 5,20 metres. There were two cargo holds each with two loading platforms. For each hold were 8 steam winches with derricks available and further more one 20-tons derrick on the fore ship. She was also fitted out with a wireless telegraph equipment, electric lightning, steam steering and a steam anchor spil. The passenger accommodation included two large comfortable cabins together with the captains’ cabin in the bridge with above the map room. Aft the bridge was the cabin for the radio operator and the accommodation for the rest of the crew was located below deck. Speed while loaded was around 10 nautical miles.