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.
Armed with 2-2cm guns supplied at Norfolk on 25 March 1942
Armed with 2-2cm guns supplied at New York.
Armed with 4-2cm guns supplied at San Francisco on 22 March 1943
Armed with 1-10,16cm/4” 50 Mk.9 gun
Armed with 3-7,62cm/3” 50 dual purpose guns.
Laid down with yard number 203 by the Kon.Mij. De Schelde, Vlissingen, Netherlands on 19 February 1936, launched on 2 February 1937, delivered on 6 April 1937, owner N.V. Rotterdamsche Lloyd and managed by Firma Wm Ruys&Zonen, both at Rotterdam, Netherlands converted into a troop transport, after the Second World War converted back into a cargo ship, on 31 October 1947 underway from Seattle, USA towards Calcutta, British Indies stranded on Caldeira, 60 miles of Mozambique, and finally declared a total loss on 25 November. Gross tonnage 9,246 tons, net tonnage 5,561 tons, deadweight 11,700 tons, grain capacity 633,00 cubic feet, bale capacity 557,000 cubic feet and as dimensions 147.34 x 19.14 x 11.55 metres.
Source
Archieven van hoofd handelsbescherming en diverse handelsbeschermingsofficieren 1941-1946 inv.no. 53 (Nationaal Archief, The Hague, Netherlands
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