In 1946 ordered the Dutch supreme commanding officer in the Far East by order no. 62 to investigate the harbours including shipyards in the Dutch East Indies and Netherlands New Guinea. In those so-called Sitraps (Situation reports) was information collected dealing with the available facilities, personnel and vessels/boats. The Dutch East Indies fell in Japanese hands in the Second World War when the Dutch forces surrendered on 8 March 1942 until Japan surrendered on her turn on 15 August 1945. On 17 August 1945 declared nationalistic leaders like Soekarno and Hadda the independence of what was called the Republic Indonesia. The result was a struggle for years before the Netherlands forced by international pressure accepted the Indonesian independence on 29 December 1949.
An item reported that the accommodation for the personnel of the Dienst van Scheepvaart consisted of a mess large enough for 5 pilots situated at the end of the second harbour and an office for the harbourmaster in the former Rotterdamsche Lloyd office halfway second harbour. The Indonesian crewmembers with households totally around 300 persons were accommodated on the upper floor of storehouse No.1 in the first harbour. In the Kampong Kotja barracks was space for 250 persons and the accommodation ship Eridanus berthed in the first harbour had space for around 75 persons.(1)
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1. Built at the Marine Etablissement, Surabaya, Dutch East Indies in 1918, commissioned by Gouvernements Marine in March 1922 and used as survey vessel, militarized in the Second World War, scuttled by her crew alongside de Hollandpier, Tandjong Priok, Dutch East Indies on 2 March 1942, salvaged by the Japanese forces, repaired and converted into the tug annex salvage vessel Enoshima Maru, found back at Makasar on 2 November 1946 and handed over to the Dienst van Scheepvaart and used as barracks at Tandjong Priok, In 1949 handed over to the Indonesian navy.
Source
Archive Dutch Marinestaf (1942) 1945-1948 inventory number 197, National Archive, The Hague
An item reported that the accommodation for the personnel of the Dienst van Scheepvaart consisted of a mess large enough for 5 pilots situated at the end of the second harbour and an office for the harbourmaster in the former Rotterdamsche Lloyd office halfway second harbour. The Indonesian crewmembers with households totally around 300 persons were accommodated on the upper floor of storehouse No.1 in the first harbour. In the Kampong Kotja barracks was space for 250 persons and the accommodation ship Eridanus berthed in the first harbour had space for around 75 persons.(1)
Note
1. Built at the Marine Etablissement, Surabaya, Dutch East Indies in 1918, commissioned by Gouvernements Marine in March 1922 and used as survey vessel, militarized in the Second World War, scuttled by her crew alongside de Hollandpier, Tandjong Priok, Dutch East Indies on 2 March 1942, salvaged by the Japanese forces, repaired and converted into the tug annex salvage vessel Enoshima Maru, found back at Makasar on 2 November 1946 and handed over to the Dienst van Scheepvaart and used as barracks at Tandjong Priok, In 1949 handed over to the Indonesian navy.
Source
Archive Dutch Marinestaf (1942) 1945-1948 inventory number 197, National Archive, The Hague
