According to the list and supplements 1-2 on 13 September 1945 BDZ No. 673sent by the office of armament the Royal Netherlands Navy located at 41 East 42nd Street, New York 17, USA. There were no complete records available, so there were several sources used to compile the list. Sometimes the kind of guns gave indirect information regarding the origin such as 4”/BL and 12 pounder guns were British mostly supplied in the United Kingdom, Canada or Curacao. The 4.7” guns were old Japanese guns placed on some vessels in the begin of the war at Singapore and some 4” guns in the same period at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies. The trade in which the ship was used gave also an indication were the guns were supplied, for example involved in the Pacific trade means supplied at the West Coast.
Laid down by Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij N.V., Rotterdam, Netherlands for account of N.V. Maatschappij Stoomschip Jobshaven, Rotterdam and managed by the Firma Gebr. van Uden, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands on 19 December 1915, launched on 22 July 1916, handed over on 5 September 1916, seized by the US government in 1918-1919, sold in March 1951 to Compañía Marítima Santa Barbara S.A., Panama, managed by George Th. Sigalas, Piraeus, Greece and renamed Mykonos and sold in 1965 to be broken up at Perama, Greece.
Armed with 2-2cm guns supplied at New York on 9 July 1942.
Armed with 2-2cm guns supplied at Boston, USA in December 1942.
Armed with 1-4” BL LA Mk. VIII gun.
Source
Archieven van hoofd handelsbescherming en diverse handelsbeschermingsofficierem 1941-1946 inv.no. 53 (Nationaal Archief, The Hague, Netherlands.
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