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 Liverpool, England in May 1942.
Armed with 6-2cm guns supplied at Liverpool, England in November 1942.
Armed with 4-2cm guns and 4-3”cal 50 Mk. 22 dual purpose guns supplied at New York on 2 November 1943.
Passenger-cargo ship. Launched by the N.V. Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw-Maatschappij. Amsterdam, Netherlands with yard number 186 on 28 September 1927, delivered to the N.V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland, Amsterdam, Netherlands on 26 January 1928, converted into a troop transport at Sydney, Australia between 10 August-14 September 1940 and strike a sea mine on the Westerschelde chartered by the BMWT, grounded on the South Steenbank but with salvage efforts stopped on 31 August broke she on 5 September in two parts.
Gross tonnage 15,673 tons, net tonnage 9,273 tons, deadweight 9,715 tons, bale capacity 338,340 cubic feet and refrigerated capacity 3,240 cubic feet and as dimensions 167.65 (between perpendiculars) x 20.88 x 12.12 metres.
Sources
Archieven van hoofd handelsbescherming en diverse handelsbeschermingsofficieren 1941-1946 inv.no. 53 (Nationaal Archief, The Hague, Netherlands.
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