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 23 February 1943.
Armed with 2-2cm guns supplied at New York on 13 Juy 1943.
Armed with 3-2cm guns.
Armed with 1-10,16cm/4” cal 50 gun supplied at New York on 9 August 1944.
Launched by Deutsche Werft A.G., Hamburg, Germany with yard number 173 on 17 September 1936, handed over to Hamburg-Amerikanischen Packetfahrt A.G., Hamburg as Wuppertal on 26 November 1936, seek refugee in Padang, Dutch East Indies when the Second World War broke out in September 1939, interned, seized when Germany invaded the Netherlands in May 1940, as Noesawini manager became N.V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij 'Nederland', Amsterdam, Netherlands, owner Staat der Nederlanden, The Hague, Netherlands, renamed Kertosono on 4 December 1946 manager Firma Wm Ruys & Zonen, owner N.V. Rotterdamsche Lloyd, both at Rotterdam, Netherlands and sold to Japan to eb broken up in January 1961 arriving at Kure, Japan on 15 March 1961.
Source
Archieven van hoofd handelsbescherming en diverse handelsbeschermingsofficieren 1941-1946 inv.no. 53 (Nationaal Archief, The Hague, Netherlands.
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