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.
Motor cargo ship, launched by Caledon Shipbuilding&Engineering Company Ltd., Dundee, Scotland with yard number 295 in 1926, delivered in April 1926 to the Nederlandsche Stoomvaart Maatschappij ‘Oceaan’ N.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands, sold on 20 June 1958 to Mohamed Abubakur Bakhashab, Saudi Arabia and renamed Ryad and summer 1959 sold to the Chung Hing Enterprise Co., Hong Kong [China] to be broken up. Arriving there on 25 August 1959 and broken up in November. Gross tonnage 6.181 tons, net tonnage 3.835 tons, deadweight 7.820 tons, grain capacity 507.000 cubic feet, bale capacity 479.000 cub feet and dimensions 429.4 x 54.8 x 29.1 feet.
Armed with 4-2cm guns supplied at Liverpool, England on 8 July 1942.
Armed with 2-12cm guns supplied at Tyne, England on 12 December 1944.
Armed with 1-10,16cm/4”quick firing gun supplied at Liverpool, England om 14 June 1940.
Source
Archieven van hoofd handelsbescherming en diverse handelsbeschermingsofficieren 1941-1946 inv.no. 53 (Nationaal Archief, The Hague, Netherlands.
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