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Launched by N.V. Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw-Maatschappij, Amsterdam, Netherlands with yard number 185 on 12 February 1927, delivered to the N.V. Koninklijke Paketvaart, Amsterdam, Netherlands in August 1927, on 19 February 1942 to Surabaya for conversion into a hospital ship, halted by Japanese destroyer Amatsukaze 40 miles south west of Bawean while she was underway to take over survivors of the Dutch warships Hr.Ms. Java, De Ruyter and Kortenaer, went to Makassar on 8 March, seized by the Japanese on 5 June, departed on 23 November towards Yokohama, Japan, arrived on 5 December and where her crew was interned, commissioned by Japanese as hospital ship Tenno Maru with two funnels, renamed Hikawa Maru No. 2 on 1 November 1944, on 23 August despite the Japanese capitulation on 15 August 1945 scuttled with the use of explosives west of Katshuma, Wakasa Bay. Call sign PKEA. Homeport in 1939 Batavia, Dutch East Indies. Gross tonnage 6,076 tons, net tonnage 3,566 tons , deadweight tons 4,300 tons and as dimensions 424.5 x 55.2 x 22.2 x 22 (loaded) feet. Reciprocating propulsion, s screws, horsepower 616 nhp, oil bunker capacity 1,100 tons and speed 15 (normal cruising) knots.
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