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 supplied at San Francisco, USA in July 1942
Armed with 2-2cm guns
Note
1. Crude oil tanker, launched by Maatschappij voor Scheeps- en Werktuigbouw Fijenoord N.V., Rotterdam, Netherlands with yard number 320 on 10 June 1931, North Sea trial on 12 January 1932, delivered in January 1932 to the N.V. Petroleum Maatschappij La Corona, The Hague, Netherlands, registered at Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles 1940-1946, since 31 December 1959 of Shell Tankers N.V., The Hague, sold to be broken up to the Japanese firm Matsukara and on 1 February 1961 was started with breaking her up. Gross tonnage 8,245 tons, net tonnage 4,784 tons, deadweight 12,658 tons, bale capacity 21,000 and as dimensions 450.9 x 62.10 (maximum) x 34.10 (depth) x 26.4 3/8 (summer) feet.
Source
Archieven van hoofd handelsbescherming en diverse handelsbeschermingsofficieren 1941-1946 inv.no. 53 (Nationaal Archief, The Hague, Netherlands.
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