Part of the fleet of the Dutch merchant shipping company Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij (KPM). The list was supplied by the Dutch senior officer of Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship (DEMS) organisation at Sydney, captain lieutenant B.J. Knollema.1(1)
Stiffening low angle gun foundation. Her armament consisted of 1-high angle/low angle 12 pd gun, 2-2cm Oerlikon machineguns, 2xtwin Colt cal 50 machineguns, 4x1 Colt cal 50 machineguns, 1-Pillar Box Mk II anti-aircraft rocket launcher with 20-5,08cm/2” rockets, 3 rifles, 2 PACs, Smoke Floats, Paravanes and Degauss installation. Gunners crew numbered 16 men. Bridge protected. Radio cabin.
Note
1. Built by Boele’s Scheepswerven&Machinefabriek, Bolnes, Netherlands in 1939 and loss after she capsized in 1977.
Source
National Archive The Hague, Netherlands. Archieven van hoofd handelsbescherming en diverse handelsbeschermingsofficieren 1941-1946 inventory number 53.
Stiffening low angle gun foundation. Her armament consisted of 1-high angle/low angle 12 pd gun, 2-2cm Oerlikon machineguns, 2xtwin Colt cal 50 machineguns, 4x1 Colt cal 50 machineguns, 1-Pillar Box Mk II anti-aircraft rocket launcher with 20-5,08cm/2” rockets, 3 rifles, 2 PACs, Smoke Floats, Paravanes and Degauss installation. Gunners crew numbered 16 men. Bridge protected. Radio cabin.
Note
1. Built by Boele’s Scheepswerven&Machinefabriek, Bolnes, Netherlands in 1939 and loss after she capsized in 1977.
Source
National Archive The Hague, Netherlands. Archieven van hoofd handelsbescherming en diverse handelsbeschermingsofficieren 1941-1946 inventory number 53.
