All 1943 Lloyd's unless otherwise noted.
Original KPM
editTwo Bantams:
- — Bantam (1929/1930) 3,322 GRT The KPM Bantam —AWM photo
- — Bantam (1939), motorship of 9,312 GRT Not the KPM Bantam, mentioned as distress cargo vessel, apparently under BMWT charter in worldwide ops. —AWM photo
- X13 Bontekoe (1922)
- X15 Both (1931)
1 March 1942 evac. Batavia: On this morning, ships still at Tjilatjap included the British destroyer Stronghold and the Americans Pillsbury and Parrott; the American gunboats Tulsa, Asheville2 and Isabel ; 3 and a number of merchant ships among which were the Dutch Generaal Verspijck (1,213 tons) and Zaandam (10,909 tons).[1]
Early on 2nd March the main road party from Batavia reached Tjilatjap. Also in the early hours—a few minutes after midnight—Cant's fou r corvettes met Jumna, Yarra and their convoy making for the port . Later in the day the rail parties, including 45 survivors from Electra and some more from Jupiter, arrived in two trains . It was by now clear that Burnie could not accommodate the increasing numbers to be withdrawn, and th e Dutch N.O.I .C. made available Generaal Verspijck, on the understanding that the British naval passengers would steam and work the ship, th e majority of whose crew had deserted . A party of 41 naval officers and 10 8 ratings under Commander Farquharson R .N. were thereupon embarke d in her, together with the Consul-General for Batavia and 27 British civilians. Others, including Collins' Chief Staff Officer, Captain Bell, 8 RN (formerly Captain of the Fleet to Admiral Phillips) with 19 officers and 67 ratings, were accommodated in the Dutch Khoen Hoea (1,23 8 tons). Maryborough, which left at the same time escorting Generaal Verspijck, steered W .S.W. for some hours before altering to south at noon on the 3rd.[2]
8th March, when Maryborough, with Generaal Verspijck in company, was still some miles from the Australian port . Cant recorded of that morning: Sunday 8th March. A.M. Held prayers on the quarterdeck, which was attende d by every available man regardless of denomination, which may show that religio n has helped us a lot in the last two or three months . 1900 parted company with Generaal Verspijck .[3]
- X24 Janssens (1935)
- X18 Japara (1930)
- X20 Karsik (1938) ex German Soneck (1938) owned by DDG Hansa—AWM photo
- X33 Khoen Hoea (1924) photos & information The ship was Thong Ek steamship in Singapore 1940 and then chartered to KPM. The Straits Times 6 Oct. 1924 about sea trials in the Firth of Tay on 3 September notes the ship was built for Tong Ek Steamship Co. specificilly designed for the Singapore/Pontianak (Borneo) trade.
- X25 Sibigo (1926) photo
- X26 Stagen (1919)
- X14 Swartenhondt (1924) 1944 Register
- X23 Van den Bosch (1903) 1944 Register
- X17 Van der Lijn (1928)
Other KPM
edit"On 25 September 1942 General MacArthur reported that of the thirty Datch vessels in India mentioned in a War Department communication of 23 March, six (the Pahud, the Patras, the Reijnst, the Thedens, the Van Outhoorn, and the Van Swoll) had been chartered by BMWT, and he urged that WSA secure the allocation of these vessels to his command on the same terms that governed the vessels already allocated by BMWT through WSA." (Masterson 333-334)
- X48 Reijnst (1928) (2,462)
- X50 Van Swoll (1930) (2,147)
- X51 Pahud (1927) (2,075)
- X52 Patras (1926) (2,065)
- X54 Van Outhoorn (1927) (2,069)
- — Thedens (1927) (2,071)
Refs
edit- Gill, G. Hermon (1957). Royal Australian Navy 1939-1942. Australia in the War of 1939–1945. Series 2 – Navy. Vol. 1. Canberra: Australian War Memorial.
- Gill, G. Hermon (1968)). Royal Australian Navy 1939-1942. Australia in the War of 1939–1945. Series 2 – Navy. Vol. 2. Canberra: Australian War Memorial.
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