RvM
Netherlands-flagged, IMO 5604380 and callsign PEXO and international sign PCLT. Steel-built. Capacity 3.887 gross and net 2.214 tons, total loading capacity 5.148 tons and as dimensions 327’0” x 48’9” x 25’6”. Two decks. Built in 1919 at the shipyard of Gebroeders Pot, Bolnes for account of the NV Petroleum Maatschappij La Corona. As the Tan 9 was she in 1941-1942 commissioned by the Royal Netherlands Navy. She was on 15 February 1942 by the Dutch scuttled at Palembang, Dutch East Indies to prevent capture by the Japanese. The Japanese however salvaged and repaired her and commissioned her as the Kikusui Maru. Torpedoed and sunk by the USS submarine Snook on 24 October 1942 North West of Luzon and finally sunk.
The Dutch newspaper
Algemeen Handelsblad dated 3 August 1917 reported her launching in the afternoon of the 2nd for account of the Ned.-Indische Tankstoomboot Maatschappij. Another Dutch newspaper
Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië dated 10 April 1919 reported that her trials were successful. She was described as built for the Petroleum Maatschappij la Corona at The Hague with a deadweight of 5.148 tons with a draught of 22’7’. Main dimensions were 326’10” x48’6”x 27’0”. The supplied horsepower of 2.200 ihp allowed a speed of 11 knots.
