Schepen van links naar rechts het passagiersschip de ms. Zuiderkruis, het lijnschip de ms. Johan van Oldenbarneveld, het stoomschip de ss. Madoera (graanlossend) en het vrachtschip de ss. Salland
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 2-2 cm guns supplied at Sydney, Australia on 21 August 1942
Armed with 2-2 cm guns supplied at Liverpool, England on 11 December 1942
Armed with 1-10,16c,/4” BL gun supplied at Liverpool on 17 October 1940
Armed with 1-3.7cm gun supplied at NPO, New York on 23 February 1943
Armed with 2-12.7mm/0.50” Colts supplied at Liverpool on 29 May 1942
Armed with 2-12.7mm/0.50” Colts supplied at Liverpool on 22 October 1943
Cargo ship, launched by Barclay, Curle&Co. Ltd, Clydeholm Shipyard, Glasgow, Scotland with yard number 575 on 22 January 1920, delivered on 30 June 1920 to the N.V. Koninklijke Hollandsche Lloyd, Amsterdam, Netherlands, renamed Panormitis of Marinos&Frangos Ltd., Nassau, Bahamas since Feburary 1956 and broken up at Ghent, Belgium in 1958. Gross tonnage 6,447 tons, net tonnage 3,972 tons, deadweight 10,250 tons, grain cargo capacity 568,000 cubic feet, bale cargo capacity 504,000 cubic feet and as dimensions 136.91 x 17.73 (extreme) x 8.89 (moulded) metres.
Source
Archieven van hoofd handelsbescherming en diverse handelsbeschermingsofficieren 1941-1946 inv.no. 53 (Nationaal Archief, The Hague, Netherlands.
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