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Monday 21 August 2017

Dutch motorboat H-103 at Belawan, Dutch East Indies on 1 August 1946

In 1946 ordered the Dutch supreme commanding officer in the Far East by order no. 62 to investigate the harbours including shipyards in the Dutch East Indies and Netherlands New Guinea. In those so-called Sitraps (Situation reports) was information collected dealing with the available facilities, personnel and vessels/boats. Fitted out with a 4 cylinder Gardner engine. Both hull and engine were in a worse condition and useless. Wood-built.

Source
Archive Dutch Marinestaf (1942) 1945-1948 inventory number 191, National Archive, The Hague.