The armament of the Dutch merchant tanker Ena in the Second World War

As the Hr.Ms. Ena A876 at Den Helder, at the right side the Dutch aircraft carrier Hr.Ms. Karel Doorman R81.  Collectie Nederlands Instituut Militaire Historie (Foto NIMH) 2158_001090.

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 San Francisco, USA in June 1942

Armed with 3-2cm guns supplied at Baltimore, USA on 1 August 1944

Armed with 2-2cm guns

Launched with yard number 59 by Odense Staalskibsvaerft [Denmark].

Note

1. Launched by Odense Staalskibsvaerft VED A.P. Möller, Odense, Denmark with yard number 539 on 4 April 1936, delivered to owner/manager N.V. Petroleum Maatschappij La Corona, The Hague, Netherlands on 20 June 1936, manager in 1955 Shell Tankers N.V., The Hague, same owner, owner/manager in 1956 Shell Tankers N.V., hired by the Royal Netherlands Navy as bunker ship at Den Helder, Netherlans in 1959, renamed Hr.Ms. Ena A 876 of the Royal Netherlands Navy since 1961, sold to be broken up by Frank Rijsdijk's Industrieele Ondernemingen N.V., Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands, resold to scrapyard at Spain, departed 19 January as tow, arrived at El Ferrol, Spain pm 25 January 1968 and broken up. 

Source

Archieven van hoofd handelsbescherming en diverse handelsbeschermingsofficieren 1941-1946 inv.no. 53 (Nationaal Archief, The Hague, Netherlands.