Dutch cargo ship (ex-Linden 1906-1920) Eemland 1920-1951 (Van 1951-1964)

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Marten Harpertszoon Tromp

Launched by Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft m.b.H. & Co K.G., Flensburg, Germany with yard number 256 on 10 February 1906, delivered to owner/manager Deutsch-Australische Dampfschiffs-Gesellschaft A.G., Hamburg, Germany as Linden on 11 April 1906, forced by the Dutch coastal defence ship HMS Marten Harpertszoon Tromp to go to Ambon, Dutch East Indies and interned on 5 September 1934 while loaded with coal for German warships, handed over to the German government in December 1918, handed over as war compensation to owner/manager N.V. Koninklijke Hollandsche Lloyd, Amsterdam, Netherlands and renamed Eenland on 5 March 1920, sold to owner/manager Adil Ve Sevket Manioglu Ve Mette Tumanbay, Istanbul, Turkey, Istanbul, Turkey and renamed Van on 27 October 1951, owner/manager Van Vapuru Donatma Istiraki, Istanbul, Turkey since 1953, sold to be broken in May 1964 which started at Istanbul on 8 June 1964.

According to the list and supplements 1-2 on 13 September 1945 BDZ No. 673 sent 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 24 June 1942.

Armed with 2-2cm guns supplied at New York on 3 April 1943.

Source

Archieven van hoofd handelsbescherming en diverse handelsbeschermingsofficieren 1941-1946 inv.no. 53 (Nationaal Archief, The Hague, Netherlands.