According to the list and supplements 1-2 on 13 September 1945 BDZ No. 673sent by the office of armament the Royal Netherlands Navy located at 41 East 42nd Street, New York 17, USA. There were no complete records available, so there were several sources used to compile the list. Sometimes the kind of guns gave indirect information regarding the origin such as 4”/BL and 12 pounder guns were British mostly supplied in the United Kingdom, Canada or Curacao. The 4.7” guns were old Japanese guns placed on some vessels in the begin of the war at Singapore and some 4” guns in the same period at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies. The trade in which the ship was used gave also an indication were the guns were supplied, for example involved in the Pacific trade means supplied at the West Coast.
Armed with 2-2cm guns supplied at New York on 17 November 1942
Armed with 1-10,16cm/4” 50 Mk. 9 supplied at New York on 17 November 1942
Armed with 1-7,62cm/3” quick firing Mk.2 gun
Screw steam cargo ship, launched by N.V. Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw-Maatschappij, Amsterdam, Netherlands with yard number 146 in 1917. delivered on 3 March 1917 to the N.V. Java-China-Japan Lijn, Batavia, Dutch East Indies, homeport Batavia, Dutch East Indies flagged and call sign TJGC, since 1934 PKIK. Torpedoed underway from Melbourne, Australia towards Colombo, Ceylon by the Japanese submarine I 18 and sunk on 26 March 1944 in the Indian Ocean. Just 5 survivors, everyone else on board murdered by the Japanese. Speed 11 knots. Gross tonnage 5,787 tons, net tonnage 3,614 tons, deadweight 7,890 tons, grain capacity 455,000 cubic feet and bale capacity 416,000 cubic feet and as dimensions 419.9 x 54.2 x 27.3 feet.
Source
Archieven van hoofd handelsbescherming en diverse handelsbeschermingsofficieren 1941-1946 inv.no. 53 (Nationaal Archief, The Hague, Netherlands.
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