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Laaid down by Kon.Mij. De Schelde, Vlissingen, Netherlands with yard number 203 on 19 February 1936, launched on 6 February 1937, delivered to manager Firma Wm Ruys & Zonen, owner N.V. Rotterdamsche Lloyd, both at Rotterdam, Netherlands on 6 April 1937, converted into a troop transport in the Second World War, reconverted into a cargo ship in 1947, grounded underway from Lourenco Marques to Dar es Salaam on 31 October 1947, fire broke out on 20 November 1947 and total loss.
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 Norfolk on 25 March 1942
Armed with 2-2cm guns supplied at New York.
Armed with 4-2cm guns supplied at San Francisco on 22 March 1943
Armed with 1-10,16cm/4” 50 Mk.9 gun
Armed with 3-7,62cm/3” 50 dual purpose guns.
Source
Archieven van hoofd handelsbescherming en diverse handelsbeschermingsofficieren 1941-1946 inv.no. 53 (Nationaal Archief, The Hague, Netherlands.
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