Exhibition Varen voor Vrijheid. Museum Katwijk
Launched by Scheepswerf ‘Dordrecht’ N.V., Dordrecht, Netherlands with yard number 28 on 29 September 1917, delivered to manager N.V. Handels- & Transport Maatschappij Vulcaan, owner N.V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij Amsterdam, both at Rotterdam, Netherlands on 7 June 1920, manager Halcyon Lijn N.V., owner N.V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij Amsterdam, both at Rotterdam, Netherlands since 4 July 1920 and torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U 164 off Haïti on 14 August 1942. She was underway from New York, USA to Trinidad due to engine problems forced to leave convoy TAW 15 on 19 August 1942.
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 2-2cm guns supplied at New York on 28 July 1942
Source
Archieven van hoofd handelsbescherming en diverse handelsbeschermingsofficieren 1941-1946 inv.no. 53 (Nationaal Archief, The Hague, Netherlands.
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