Turbine 1-6-1937. Zeeuws Archief. Stichting Behoud Scheldecollecties 7513-4237
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.(1)
Armed with 8-2cm guns.
Armed with 8-2cm guns supplied at San Francisco in March 1943.
Armed with 1-15,24cm/6” gun.
Armed with 4-7,62cm/3” dual purpose guns.
Armed with 2-4cm quad guns.
Note
1. Cargo-passenger ship laid down by De Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij N.V., Rotterdam, Netherlands with yard number 200 on 3 January 1936, launched on 10 April 1937, delivered to the N.V. Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Maatschappij ‘Holland-Amerika Lijn’ on 23 April 1938. engines delivered by Kon. Mij. De Schelde, Vlissingen, Netherlands, owner N.V. Nieuw Amsterdam, Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles since September 1972, during The Second World troop transport operated by the Cunard Line, returned to the H.A.L.on 9 October 1945 and broken up at Taiwan in 1974.
Source
Archieven van hoofd handelsbescherming en diverse handelsbeschermingsofficieren 1941-1946 inv.no. 53 (Nationaal Archief, The Hague, Netherlands.
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