British merchant ship Patruca sold to the Netherlands according to the Dutch newspaper Het Vaderland dated 7 May 1934

An item reported that the Dutch Frank Rijsdijk’s Industrieele Ondernemingen N.V. of Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht bought the British passengers and banana freighter Patruca of 6,103 gross registers tons and build in 1913 from the firm Elders&Fyffes Ltd. Of London. She was berthed at Swansea and the Dutch tug Witte Zee of the company L.Smit en Co.’s Sleepdienst was underway to pick her up.