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Ordered by J.&J. Denholm, Glasgow, Scotland on 26 November 1918, laid down by De Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij N.V., Rotterdam, Netherlands with yard number 76 on 3 March 1919, sold to the KNSM, launched on 1 April 1920, delivered to owner/manager Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot-Maatschappij N.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands on 15 June 1920, sold to Germany to be broken up at Hamburg in 1959.
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 4-2cm guns supplied at New York on 18 January 1943.
Source
Archieven van hoofd handelsbescherming en diverse handelsbeschermingsofficieren 1941-1946 inv.no. 53 (Nationaal Archief, The Hague, Netherlands.
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