Dutch screw steam cargo ship Salawati 1920-1956, Amstelkade 1956-1957 and Good Hope 1957-1958

Launched on 30 April 1920, delivered by Kingston SB yard, Lithgows Ltd., Glasgow, Scotland with yard number 738 in September 1920 to the N.V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland, Amsterdam, Netherlands, renamed Amstelkade on 16 February 1956, same owner, manager N.V. Reedereij Amsterdam, Amsterdam, renamed Good Hope on 25 March 1957, owned Good Hope Shipping Co. Ltd., Hong Kong, manager Good Hope Shipping Co. Ltd., Panama, sine 1958 owner/manager Gibson Shipping Co. Inc., Panama, arrived at Hong Kong on 17 October 1958 and on 22 October started the Hong Kong Chiap Hua Manufactory with breaking her up. Gross tonnage 6.631 tons, net tonnage 4.106 tons, deadweight 9.350 tons, grain capacity 489,000 cubic feet, bale capacity 440,000 cubic feet and as dimensions 420.9 x 54.7 x 33.5 feet.

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 Liverpool on 10 July 1942.

Armed with 2-2cm guns supplied at New York on 30 November 1942

Armed with 2-2cm guns supplied at New York on 5 January 1944

Armed with 1-2cm gun supplied at Glasgow on 28 June 1944

Armed with 1-10,16cm/4” 50 Ml.9 gun supplied at New York on 25 November 1942

Source

Archieven van hoofd handelsbescherming en diverse handelsbeschermingsofficieren 1941-1946 inv.no. 53 (Nationaal Archief, The Hague, Netherlands.