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 2-2cm guns supplied at New York on 6 July 1942
Armed with 1-10,16cm/4”gun
Cargo-passenger ship, laid down with yard number 663 by Dok- en Werf Maatschappij Wilton-Fijenoord N.V., Schiedam, Netherlands on 22 December 1937, launched on 27 August 1938, delivered to the N.V. Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Maatschappij Holland Amerika Lijn, Rotterdam, Netherlands on 21 December 1938 and sunk by the German submarine U174 underway from Cape Town, South Africa towards New York, USA on the Atlantic Ocean on 2 November 1942. At that moment used as troop transport by the British Ministry of War Transport. Originally to be named Schiedam. Call sign PIVK. Gross tonnage 10,909,00 tons, net tonnage 6,365.00 tons, deadweight 10,312.00 tons and as dimensions 145.51 (between perpendiculars)-152.89 (over all) x 19.62 x 2.19 x 9.34 metres. Grain capacity 515,000 cubic feet and bale capacity 478,000 cubic feet.
Source
Archieven van hoofd handelsbescherming en diverse handelsbeschermingsofficieren 1941-1946 inv.no. 53 (Nationaal Archief, The Hague, Netherlands.
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