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Launched by Scheepsbouw-Maatschappij Nieuwe Waterweg N.V., Schiedam, Netherlands with yard number 148 on 25 August 1928, delivered on 27 September 1928 to manager Firma Hudig & Veder (ca. 1951 N.V.), owner N.V. Maatschappij Zeevaart, both of Rotterdam, Netherlands, as Spetsai Navigator since 1958 of manager Const. A. Petroutsis, Piraeus, Greece, owner Compania Maritima di Isola Spetsai, Puerto Limon, Honduras, as Navigator since 1962 of manager Const. A. Petroutsis, Piraeus, Greece, owner Compania Maritima di Isola Spetsai, Panama, Panama R.P. and broken up at Split, Croatia in September 1963.
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 1-2cm gun supplied on 6 April 1942
Armed with 4-2cm guns supplied at Newport News on 6 April 1943
Armed with 1-10,16cm/4” L/A gun
Source
Archieven van hoofd handelsbescherming en diverse handelsbeschermingsofficieren 1941-1946 inv.no. 53 (Nationaal Archief, The Hague, Netherlands.
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