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.
Armed with 4-2cm guns supplied at New York on 2 June 1943.
Armed with 1-4”/LA Mk VII gun.
Cargo-passenger ship, launched by N.V. Wilton’s Machinefabriek en Scheepswerf, Schiedam, Netherlands with yard number 318 on 6 July 1927, delivered to the N.V. Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Maatschappij Holland-Amerika Lijn, Rotterdam, Netherlands on 12 October 1929, renamed Dongedyk on 28 February 1952, renamed Tung Long, owned and managed by Chung Lien Navigation Co. S.A., Monrovia, Liberia in June 1966 and sold to be broken up which startd at Kaohsiung, Taiwan on 18 February 1967. Gross tonnage 10,220 tons, net tonnage 6,385 tons, deadweight 12,480 tons, grain capacity 723,000 cubic feet, bale capacity 676,000 cubic feet and as dimensions 149.35 (between perpendiculars)-155.20 (over all) x 19.74 x 10.45 x 9.39 metres.
Sources
Archieven van hoofd handelsbescherming en diverse handelsbeschermingsofficieren 1941-1946 inv.no. 53 (Nationaal Archief, The Hague, Netherlands.
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