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Wednesday, 1 August 2012

Call signs of Dutch East Indies merchant ships of which the name started with a ‘G’ 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

TDKL=Gamma, steamship, net capacity 39.64 cubic metres or 14.00tons, homeport Batavia
TDLH=Gim Liong, steamship, net capacity 41.38 cubic metres or 14.62 tons, homeport Pontianak
TDLQ=Gouverneur-Generaal Daendels, steamship, net capacity 2188.69b cubic metres or 773.38 tons, homeport Batavia
TDMG=de Greve, steamship, net capacity 6387.76 cubic metres or 2256.45 tons, homeport Batavia
TDML=Groningen, tank lighter, net capacity 3402.69 cubic metres or 102.36 tons, homeport Batavia