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Tuesday, 31 July 2012

Call signs of Dutch East Indies merchant ships of which the name started with an ‘E’ in 1917

The Dutch departments of Agriculture, Industry and Trade and Navy published a list of the Dutch war- and merchant ships including the so-called Gouvernementsmarine which was active in the Dutch East Indies. The list I used was published by J.H. de Bussy at Amsterdam and was kept update until 1 January 1917. Tons of 2,83 cubic metres

TCRL=Elout, steamship, net capacity 27737.28 cubic metres or 966.26 tons, homeport Batavia
TCRP=van Elsbroek, steam tug, homeport Soerabaja
TCSN=Emily, steamship, net capacity 265.61 cubic metres or 93.85 tons, homeport Tandjoeng Pininag (Riouw)
TCVG=Evy, steamship, net capacity 87.35 cubic metres or 30.86 tons, homeport Riouw