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Friday, 3 August 2012

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

TDMW=De Haan, steamship, net capacity 2558.05 cubic metres or 903.90 tons, homeport Batavia
TDNB=Halaban, steamship, net capacity 1118.40 cubic metres or 395.19 tons, homeport Batavia
TDNQ=Haliotis, steamship, net capacity 3028.57 cubic metres or 1070.16 tons, homeport Batavia
TDQK=Hercules, steamship, net capacity 0.92 cubic metres or 0.32 tons, homeport Batavia
TDVC=Houtman, steamship, net capacity 8954.11 cubic metres or 3160.80 tons, homeport Batavia