(Premier Login nuyt) Forum Owner Posted Feb 7, 2008 10:21 PM
- The empty gun deck is not near the 6-inch guns (south west outside the fort itself )but on the other side, inside the fort (north) - several hunderds meters downstream close to the confluence of both rivers. It has a far better shot at the mouth of the river. I would say it was probably the best place to fire in a straight line towards the ocean, over the last stretch of the combined Suriname and Commewijne rivers. Or maybe it was the site of some searchlight or fire direction apparatus?
- Those coloured pics of the 4-inch guns were just randomly searched on the net, there really is no relation to the Surinam guns.
- There were also two guns at Padang, see my earlier post: 14 plus 2 is 16, 5 outside Java and 11 on Java, makes at least 16.
- There were lots of Dutch merchants fitted with guns, someone on the dutchfleet net mentions this was primarily done in US and Canadian ports.
120 guns in total divided by, say 4 each, would need just 30 vessels to distribute. How many ships were under Dutch flags in 41?
- The Surinam batteries were also used for training merchant crews. Many Surinamese had volunteered to be a gunner.
- Other lend-lease deliveries were 12 155mm M1917-18 guns, no idea where they went or if they indeed ended up with the Dutch at all.