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
Cargo-passenger ship launched with yard number 332 by Caledon Shipbuilding&Engineering Company Ltd., Dundee, Scotland on 27 May 1930, handed over to the N.V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij “Nederland”, Amsterdam, Netherlands on 20 September 1930 and sunk by Italian torpedo planes north of Philippeville part of convoy W5.19Z underway from Gourock, Scotland towards Malta on 14 June 1942. Gross tonnage 8,169.00 tons, ne totnnage 4,906.00 tons, deadweight 10,377.00 tons, grain capacity 610,000 cubic feet, bale capacity 518,000 cubic feet and as dimensions 142,86 x 18.96 x 9.91 metres.
Source
Archieven van hoofd handelsbescherming en diverse handelsbeschermingsofficieren 1941-1946 inv.no. 53 (Nationaal Archief, The Hague, Netherlands.
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