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)
Stiffening low angle gun foundation. Her armament consisted of: 1 high angle/low angle 4”gun Oerl. 20mm=Oerlikon 2-2cm Oerlikon machineguns, 2x2 Colt cal 50 machineguns, 6 Smoke Floats, 2 PAC;s, paravanea and degauss installation. Protected bridge. Gun crew numbered 16 men.
Note
1. Built by Haarlemsche Schepsbouw Maatschappij, Haarlem, Nethelands in 1928 and broken up in 1956.
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 4”gun Oerl. 20mm=Oerlikon 2-2cm Oerlikon machineguns, 2x2 Colt cal 50 machineguns, 6 Smoke Floats, 2 PAC;s, paravanea and degauss installation. Protected bridge. Gun crew numbered 16 men.
Note
1. Built by Haarlemsche Schepsbouw Maatschappij, Haarlem, Nethelands in 1928 and broken up in 1956.
Source
National Archive The Hague, Netherlands. Archieven van hoofd handelsbescherming en diverse handelsbeschermingsofficieren 1941-1946 inventory number 53.
