According to the list and supplements 1-2 on 13 September 1945 BDZ No. 673 sent 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.
Passenger annex cargo ship, laid down by N.V. Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw-Maatschappij, Amsterdam, Netherlands with yard number 150 on 29 July 1916, launched on 2 May 1919, handed over to the N.V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij “Nederland”, Amsterdam on 27 July 1920, rebuilt in 1933, chartered by British Ministry of War Transport since August 1940 and converted into an troop transport at Sydney, Australia, between 1946-1948 used as troop transport By France between Marseille and Saigon and by the Dutch government between Dutch East Indies en Netherlands for transporting troops and returnees, renamed Neptunia owned by Compania Maritima del Este S.A., Panama and managed by Gulandris Bros., London, England since 15 December 1948, since 1952 owned by Neptunia Shipping Company S.A., Panama and managed by Goulandris Bros. Ltd., Piraeus, Greece and broken up in the Netherlands in 1958.
Armed with 4-2cm guns supplied at New York on 10 June 1943
Armed with 1-7,62cm/3” cal 50 dual purpose gun at New York on 10 June 1943
Armed with 2-2cm guns supplied at New York on 16 June 1943
Armed with 1-7,62m/3” cal 50 dual purpose gun at New York on 16 June 1943
Source
Archieven van hoofd handelsbescherming en diverse handelsbeschermingsofficieren 1941-1946 inv.no. 53 (Nationaal Archief, The Hague, Netherlands.
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