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.
Building ordered by N.V. Mij. Voor Scheeps- en Werktuigbouw Fijenoord, Rotterdam, Netherlands on 22 June 1915. Launched with yard number 276 on 16 May 1917, trials on 20 March 1918, handed over to the Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland in May 1918, maiden voyage begun on 31 May 1918, departed on 4 July 1918 as coal transport for the coastal defence ship Hr. Ms. Hertog Hendrik and the auxiliary cruiser Tabanan towards the Dutch East Indies, arrived on 17 September 1918, converted for oil fuelling in 1933 and sold to be broken up at Brugge, Belgium in 1953.
Armed with 2-2cm guns supplied at New York on 9 February 1943.
Armed with 4-2cm guns supplied at New York on 25 June 1943.
Armed with 1-4”/BL Mk. VII gun.
Source
Archieven van hoofd handelsbescherming en diverse handelsbeschermingsofficierem 1941-1946 inv.no. 53 (Nationaal Archief, The Hague, Netherlands.
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