Hello,

Waalhaven.
At the outbreak of the war in the Netherlands the ship was in the Rotterdam.
She was unable to leave Rotterdam because De Nieuwe Waterweg was closed by magnetic mines.
After the 'Waalhaven' had been sabotaged (by crew, owner or Dutch autorities?) the ship was confiscated by the Germans. It took more than a year to refit the 'Waalhaven' for the ore trade to Sweden. During her first voyage to Sweden the 'Waalhaven', still flying the Dutch flag, fan aground in the Baltic. Two deeptanks were holed, but the ship could proceed to Rotterdam. On 18 September 1942, whilst on a second voyage from Lulea to Rotterdam with a full load of ore the 'Waalhaven' ran aground on a rock near Rönnskär. After that 600 tons ore bad been discharged the crew abandonned ship on 24th September. They were saved by a
Swedish salvage vessel and landed in Pitea. Shortly after that the 'Waalhaven' was
wrecked.

Source: 150 jaar van Uden by G.J. de Boer (1998)

According Die Deutsche Kriegsmarine 1815-1945 the ship had the Seelöwe number RO 2 assigned to her. The above mentioned story makes it very unliky she actually carried the RO 2 number.

Greetings from Holland, Hans