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.
Armed with 1-2cm gun supplied at New York on 5 March 1943
General cargo single screw steam turbine ship launched by Barclay, Curle&co, Cydeholm Shipyard, Glasgow, Scotland on 25 March 1921, G-standard ship ordered by the British cabinet, bought during the completition, delivered to the N.V. Koninklijke Hollansche Lloyd, Amsterdam, Netherlands on 11 June 1921 and sunk on the Atlantic Ocean by the German submarine U. 758 on 16 March 1943 while underway from Port Lincoln/New, York , USA part of a convoy towards Belfast, Ireland and Avonmouth, England. Call sign QCVT, 1934 PIVS. Gross tonnage 6,821,77 tons, net tonnage 4,131.04 tons, deadweight 10,92.00 tons and as dimensions 140.31 x 18.34 x 8.46 meters. Grain capacity 621,000 cubic feet and bale capacity 573,000 cubic feet.
Source
Archieven van hoofd handelsbescherming en diverse handelsbeschermingsofficieren 1941-1946 inv.no. 53 (Nationaal Archief, The Hague, Netherlands
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