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.(1)
Armed with 4-2cm guns
Armed with 4-2-cm guns supplied at Baltimore, USA on 19 August 1944
Note
1. Crude oil tanker, launched by N.V. Burgerhout’s Machienfabriek en Scheepswerf, Rotterdam, Netherlands with yard number 124 on 19 August 1931 and delivered in December 1931 to the N.V. Petroleum Maatschappij La Corona, The Hague, Netherlands, [local newspaper reported Nederlandsch-Indische Tankstoombootmaatschappij, The Hague], laid up at Singapore end 1957, since 31 December 1959 of Shell Tankers N.V., The Hague, sold to the Hong Kong Salvage&Towage Co., Ltd., Hong Kong in April 1960, resold to the Hong Kong Chiap Hua Manufactory Co. Ltd, Hong Kong, arrived there on 13 July 1960 and breaking up started on 29 July 1960. Gross tonnage 8,196 tons, net tonnage 4,691 tons, deadweight 12,630 tons, bale capacity 21,000 cubic feet and as dimensions 450.9 x 62.10 x 34.10 (depth) feet.
Source
Archieven van hoofd handelsbescherming en diverse handelsbeschermingsofficieren 1941-1946 inv.no. 53 (Nationaal Archief, The Hague, Netherlands.
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