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Friday, 3 August 2012

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

TFGK=s Jacob, steamship, net capacity 5302.85 cubic metres or 1873.80 tons, homeport Batavia
TFGM=Janssens, steamship, net capacity 2272.64 cubic metres or 803.05 tons, homeport Batavia
TFGR=Japara, steamship, net capacity 2116.33 cubic metres or 747.81 tons, homeport Batavia
TFGS=J.H. Menten, steamship, net capacity 510.67 cubic metres or 180.45 tons, homeport Batavia
TFHR=John Davis, bark, net capacity 2851.58 cubic metres or 1007.62 tons, homeport Batavia
TFJD=Juno, tank motor ship, net capacity 3924.30 cubic metres or 1385.28 tons, homeport Batavia
TFJK=Josef I, steamship, net capacity 119.58 cubic metres or 42.26 tons, homeport Bandjermasin
TFJR=Juliana (ex-Sari Moetiara), gaff schooner, net capacity 214.18 cubic metres or tons, homeport Bandjermasin
TFJS=Juliana, steamship, net capacity 8.85 cubic metres or 3.12 tons, homeport Soerabaja