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 New York on 24 July 1942
Armed with 4-2cm guns supplied at New York on 16 May 1943
Armed with 1-7.62cm/3” cal 50 dual purpose gun supplied at New York on 12 May 1943
Armed with 1-10,16cm/4” cal 50 gun.
Launched by Sir James Laing&Sons Ltd., Sunderland, United Kingdom with yard number 680 on 6 June 1921, delivered to the N.V. Stoomvaartmaatschappij Nederlands, Amsterdam, Netherlands in January 1923, converted into a motorship at Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1934, to be chartered as the Amstelhoek by SMN subsidiary ‘Amsterdam, but canclled and in October 1958 sold to Dah Chong Hong, Hong Kong where she arrived on 12 December 1958. Specifications in 1958 gross register tonnage 9,471 tons, net register tonnage 5,818 tons, deadweight 13,287 tons, grain capacity 683,900 cubic feet, bale capacity 605,000 cubic feet and as dimensions 146.30 (registered) x 18.38 (moulded) x 12.28 (depth moulded) metres.
Source
Archieven van hoofd handelsbescherming en diverse handelsbeschermingsofficieren 1941-1946 inv.no. 53 (Nationaal Archief, The Hague, Netherlands.
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