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 Curacao in October 1943
Armed with 1-7,62cm/3” 50 Mk.3 gun
Launched with yard number 410 by Machinefabriek en Scheepswerf van P. Smit Jr N.V., Rotterdam, Netherlands on 30 April 1930, delivered on 15 September 1929 to the Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot-Maatschappij N.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands and in November 1958 towed to Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands to be broken up.
Gross tonnage 3,989 tons, net tonnage 2,312 tons, deadweight 3,905 tons, grain capacity 153,380 cubic feet, bale capacity 140,1901 cubic feet and as dimensions 95.78 (between perpendiculars)-99.97 (over all) x 14.39 x 8.36 (depth) metres.
Source
Archieven van hoofd handelsbescherming en diverse handelsbeschermingsofficieren 1941-1946 inv.no. 53 (Nationaal Archief, The Hague, Netherlands.
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