Exhibition Varen voor Vrijheid. Museum Katwijk, Scheveningen
Laid down by N.V. Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw-Maatschappij, Amsterdam, Netherlands with yard number 243 on 2 May 1936, launched on 10 July 137, delivered to the N.V. Koninklijke Paketvaart-Maatschappij,Batavia, Dutch East Indies for shipping line Oriënt-Java-Afrika Lijn on 5 March 1938, owner Koninklijke Java-China Paketvaartlijnen N.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands since 30 June 1947 and sold to be broken up by Victoria Steel C., Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1968.
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 3-2cm guns supplied at New York on 28 May 1942
Armed with 3-2cm guns supplied at New York on 21 May 1942
Source
Archieven van hoofd handelsbescherming en diverse handelsbeschermingsofficieren 1941-1946 inv.no. 53 (Nationaal Archief, The Hague, Netherlands.
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