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 4-2cm guns
Launched by A.G. Bremer Vulkan, Schiffsbau&Maschinenfabrik, Bremen-Vegedack, Germany with yard number 737 on 9 April 1938, completed on 21 May 1938, delivered as Hohenfels to owner/manager Deutsche Dampfschiffahrts Gesellschaft Hansa, Bremen in 1938, laid up in the harbour of Bandar Shapour, Iran on 1 September 1939, (partly) scuttled by own crew and grounded by Australian captors belonging to the crew of the merchant cruiser HMS Kanimbla on 21 August 1941, salvaged within a period of 6 weeks, unlaoded her cargo of ilimenite sand between 4-6 October 1941 departing to Karachi under tow on 8 October 1941, as Empire Kamal owner Ministry of War Transport, manager Pensilar&Oriental Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., both at London, England since 1941, renamed Van Ruisdael owner Staat der Nederlanden, manager Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot-Maatschappij, Amsterdam, Netherlands since 20 June 1944, owner/manager N.N. Verenigde Nederlandsche Scheepvaartmaatschappij, The Hague, Netherlands since July 1946, renamed Ridderkerk on 29 March 1947 and sold to be broken up to Sigma Shipping Co. Ltd., Hong Kong early August 1962 with scrapping started on 19 September 1962. The Dutch newspaper De Surinamer: nieuws- en advertentieblad dated 6 April 1940 reported that she arrived at London as a prize but already in November 1939 seized.
Source
Archieven van hoofd handelsbescherming en diverse handelsbeschermingsofficieren 1941-1946 inv.no. 53 (Nationaal Archief, The Hague, Netherlands.
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