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Surabaya, Dutch East Indies 27 June 1947
Towing the passenger ship Kota Inten into the harbour
Of the NISHM=Nederlandsch-Indische Steenkolen Handels Maatschappij. Built by Zeehaven en Kolenstation, Sabang,. Dutch East Indies in 1932, owned by the Atjeh Trading Maatschappij was she seized by the Dutch government and fitted out as guard vessel Hr.Ms. Simson and became responsible for the western entrance of the navy base at Surabaya, scuttled there on 2 March 1942, salvaged, repaired and commissioned by the Japanese, end 1945 found back at Surabaya. Displacement 159 ton, horsepower 600hp, speed of maximum 9 knots and a crew numbered 15 men.
