The Royal Netherlands Government on 24 October 1944 still located at London, England published a brief outline of a shipbuilding program which was to start immediately after the liberation. The described types were needed to serve in the Far East. The Netherlands had at there still a colony namely the Dutch East Indies nowadays Indonesia. On 7 May 1945 was a second outline published with more technical details. I combined both lists.
List 1944. Deadweight 12,000 tons and high pressire boilers and turbine 1x8,500hp/90 rpm propulsion allowing a speed of 16 knots. Totally was around 30,000 tons steel needed for the hulls. Main and auxiliary engines to be delivered in the USA with sanction of the US Government and Combined Board.
List 1945. American standard C-3 ships. Dimensions around 465.0 (between perpendiculars) x 69.6 x 42.6 (hold) feet. Deadweight 12,500 tons. Speed 16,5 knots. Single screw. Horsepowe 8500 ahp/85 rpm and 2 Foster-Wheeler boilers with 30 atm. Steam pressure. Until now was just the complete propulsion and auxilary deck engines ordered by the Genera; Electric, New York, USA. The hull was to be of the C-3 type half riveted-half welded suitable to be built by Dutch shipyards. Another possibilty was to obtain the drawings of the completed welded hull similar to the 10 ships under construction in the USA for account of the Department of Shipping and Fisheries. There was an agreement for delivering 30,000 tons of steel for the hulls in the second half of 1945.
Source
Zeeuws Archief, archive Kon.Mij. De Schelde (7214) not described part.
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