Dutch merchant ships Janssens and Van der Capellen sold to be broken up according to the Dutch newspaper Het Vaderland dated 3 November 1933

An item referred to tidings from Surabay that two aged ships of the Dutch shipping company K.P.M. berthed alongside the Madoera-coast namely the Janssens (1) and the Van der Capellen (2) were sold to the Japanese Asiatic Trading Company to be broken up. All metal was to be transported to Japan.

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1. De Nederlandse koopvaardijvloot 1930. Steel-built screw steamship built in 1902 by the shipyard Kon.Mij. De Schelde at Flushing with as dimensions 224’11”x 36’9”x 14’2” (hold). Capacity 1.038 gross and 591 net tons of 2,83 cubic metres and a loading capacity 1.036 tons including bunker capacity of 1,016 kg and a bunker capacity of 210 tons of 1,016 kg, call sign TCRH. Lijst van de Nederlandsche en Nederlands-Indische schepen aan welke onderscheidingsseinen zijn verleend uit het Internationaal Seinboek. Amsterdam, 1917. Call sign TFGM, homeport Batavia, net capacity 2272,64 cubic metres or 803,05 tons of 2,83 cubic metres. Archive Kon.Mij. De Schelde 1875-1970 (Municipality Archive Flushing) order documentation. The freighter Janssens had accommodation for 24 passengers (12-1^st and 12-2^nd class) . Her building was ordered on 3 March 1902, the keel was laid down on 16 May on the South slipway, in the thrusses on 1 August, plating fitted on 17 September and launched on 25 October by Jacques Janssen. Delivery time 9,5 (contract) -10 (actual)months. Dimensions 224’0  (between perpendiculars)-232’2” (over all) x 36’0” 15’0” (height) + 7’3” for the sun deck and 3’9” fore and 6-6½ aft (launching)-11’0” draught or 68,27-70,97 x 10,97 x 4,57+2,21 and 3,35 metres. Displacement 650 (launching) -2,075 tons. Tonnage 1318,34 gross and 808,90 net tons. Four steam winches. Two masts. Fuel bunker capacity 210 ton. Triple compound engine delivered 1.012 hp by 96 rpm during trial allowing a speed of 10,8 knots. Steel built hull, no keel. Contract building sum ƒ 373,000, with extra costs finally ƒ 374,740 (ship ƒ 266,470 and engine with boilers ƒ 108,000. Engines tested while berthed on 10 December, departed shipyard on 23 December and official trials on the 27^th and handed over to the company. Maiden voyage started on 3 January 1903 towards the Dutch East Indies. Sold on 5 October 1933 to Japan to be broken up.
2. De Nederlandse koopvaardijvloot 1930. Steel-built screw steamship built in 1902 by the shipyard Ned. Scheepsbouw Maatschappij at Amsterdam with as dimensions 223‘9“ x 36‘0“ x 14‘2” (hold). Capacity 1.265 gross and 774 net tons of 2,83 cubic metres and a loading capacity 1.140 tons including bunker capacity of 1,016 kg and a bunker capacity of 133 tons of 1,016 kg, call sign THWJ. Lijst van de Nederlandsche en Nederlands-Indische schepen aan welke onderscheidingsseinen zijn verleend uit het Internationaal Seinboek. Amsterdam, 1917. Call sign TJHB, homeport Batavia, net capacity 2189,72 cubic metres or 773,75 tons of 2,83 cubic metres. The newspaper De Sumatra Post dated 28 July 1902 reported her successful launching on 2 July at the yard of the Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij at Amsterdam for the Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij. This was the tenth ship this shipyard build for this shipping company. Her engines were manufactured by the Dutch fabriek van werktuigen en spoorwegmaterieel at Amsterdam. She was complete similar to the Gouverneur-Generaal Daendels which was launched at the same shipyard on 21 May and which trials were to be on 15 July.