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Friday, 3 August 2012

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

TDWV=Ik Sin Kim, steamship, net capacity 208.06 cubic metres or 73.51 tons, homeport Merawang (Banca)
TFBH=Indra, steamship, net capacity 12.36 cubic metres or 4.36 tons, homeport Amboina
TFBJ=Indragiri, steamship, net capacity 454.83 cubic metres or 160.55 tons, homeport Batavia