Van Waerwijk (3040 tons)
Built in 1910 for Koninklijke Paketvaart Mij by Fijenoort at Rotterdam

On 2-3-1942 she was scuttled by her own crew at Tandjoeng Priok as a blockade ship.
In July 1942 she was raised by the Japanese and brought back into service renamed "Harikiki Maru" On 26-06-1944 on route from Belawan to Singapore in the Malacca Straight approx 03.15N and 99.46S she was torpedoed and sunk by the British submarine "Truculent".

On 25 of june 1944, the Van Waerwijk as the Harikiki Maru left the harbour of Belwan near Medan, she had 1174 prisoners on board. She was the second ship in a small convoy of four ships a freighter and two small tankers, protected by two corvettes and a small plane. The prisoners were birthed in the hold where each has an area of ± 1.80 m by 60 cm. They are only allowed on deck in turns. This gave them a chance to escape the sticky heat in the hold. As night fell the convoy dropped anchor for the night, and continued the next morning at 7 o'clock. The convoy is now also covered by a bomber support.
At 1 o'clock food is given out, which is eaten in a few minutes. Afterwards when many prisoners tried to get on deck, they are driven back into the hold by the Korean guards.

At 8 minutes to 2 in the afternoon the first torpedo hits the ship portside between hold 2 and the fuel bunker. She is then of the coast of Tandjongbalé.

The prisoners on deck realize what happened and jumped overboard, but the people in the holds still hesitated until a second torpedo hit the ship. Soon after the ship heels over sharply. Panic started and some prisoners tried to escape through the port holes. One Englishman got stuck between hips and shoulders and goes under with the ship like many others who weren't able to reach the deck. One of the doctors from the camp in Aceh jumped overboard and was killed when a life boat dropped on top of him.

After the ship broke in two, the aft part sunk quickly. The fore part drifted on a sand bank, but the holds had already filled with water drowning all in there.

One of the remaining ships lowered a life boat, but it is soon clear that the Japanese survivors were given preference. Some of the survivors were in the water for three hours before being rescued.

From the 1174 prisoners 1020 were saved. Some were landed on the coast of Sumatra and others were taken to Singapore. The Australians were to stay in the "Red River Camp" and "Changi". Others ended up in the camp named "River Valley Road". The survivors remain here for one month before being send to Pakan Baroe in Sumatra.
While in Singapore 22 died as a result of the sinking.