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.
Dimensions 225.0 (over all) x 39.6 x 17.9 (hold) feet. 12 Passenger cabins. Single screw. With a deadweight of 1,800-1,835 tons and diesel 8,50 ahp-1,000hp/220 rpm propulsion allowing a speed of 10 knots. The Dutch department of Shipping and Fisheries ordered from Atlas-Polar 900 ahp/240 rpm type M47M engines of which 3 were completed, the others to be delivered with 5-12 months although already delayed due to a strike.Totally was around 6,000 tons steel needed for the hulls. The engines were to be ordered from Sulzer Brothers, Winterthur to be delivered within 6-10 months. The auxiliaries delivery hoped United Kingdom with support of the British Admiralty and Ministry of Production. The ships were similar to the in 1939 for account of the Koninklijke Paket Vaart (KPM) built (by Boele and Pot) built ships although the accommodation for the inland crewmembers was to be modernized. The yet not walsed steel was to be delivered from the United Kingdom in August-September.
Source
Zeeuws Archief, archive Kon.Mij. De Schelde (7214) not described part.
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