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| Hr. Ms. Evertsen | Picture #01 |
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Dutch Destroyers (Torpedobootjagers)
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| Hr. Ms. Evertsen [Admiralen-class Destroyer] | Top |
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| Hr. Ms. Evertsen | Picture #01 |
| 05.08.1925 | Laid down |
| 29.09.1926 | Launched |
| 12.04.1928 | Commissioned |
| 01.03.1942 | Beached on th Seboekoe Besa Reef |
| 18.10.1939-26.03.1940 | Luitenant ter zee der 1e klasse L.J. Goslings |
| 26.03.1940-30.09.1940 | Luitenant ter zee der 1e klasse A. Kroese |
| 01.12.1941-01.03.1942 | Luitenant ter zee der 1e klasse W.M. de Vries |
| Hr. Ms. Piet Hein [Admiralen-class Destroyer] | Top |
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| Hr. Ms. Piet Hein | Picture #02 |
| 16.08.1925 | Laid down |
| 30.06.1927 | Launched |
| 25.01.1929 | Commissioned |
| 20.02.1942 | Sunk near Bali |
| 23.12.1940-20.02.1942 | Luitenant ter zee der 1e klasse J.M.L.I. Chömpff |
| Hr. Ms. Van Ghent (ex Hr. Ms. De Ruyter) [Admiralen-class Destroyer] | Top |
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| Hr. Ms. De Ruyter | Picture #03 |
| 21.08.1925 | Laid down |
| 23.10.1926 | Launched |
| 31.05.1928 | Commissioned |
| 15.02.1942 | Beached on the Bamidjo Reef |
| 06.04.1939-23.12.1940 | Luitenant ter zee der 1e klasse J.M.L.I. Chömpff |
| 24.12.1941-15.02.1942 | Luitenant ter zee der 1e klasse P. Schotel |
| Hr. Ms. Kortenaer [Admiralen-class Destroyer] | Top |
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| Hr. Ms. Kortenaer | Picture #04 |
| 24.04.1925 | Laid down |
| 24.04.1927 | Launched |
| 03.09.1928 | Commissioned |
| 27.02.1942 | Sunk during the Battle of the Java Sea |
| During the Battle of the Java Sea on the 27th of februari 1942, the "(...) Kortenaer was torpedoed at 1714 and sank quickly (...)"[1]. The Commanding Officer of the nearby U.S. Destroyer, USS John D. Edwards, reported; "(...) the Kortenaer about 700 yards bearing 80° relative was struck on the starboard quarter by a torpedo, blew up, turned over, and sank at once leaving only a jackknifed bow and stern a few feet above the surface. (...)"[2] |
| 26.03.1940-30.09.1940 | Luitenant ter zee der 1e klasse L.J. Goslings |
| 30.09.1940-27.02.1942 | Luitenant ter zee der 1e klasse A. Kroese |
| Hr. Ms. Van Galen (I) [Admiralen-class Destroyer] | Top |
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| Hr. Ms. Van Galen | Picture #05 |
| 28.05.1927 | Laid down |
| 28.06.1928 | Launched |
| 22.10.1929 | Commissioned |
| 10.05.1940 | Sunk near Rotterdam (the Netherlands) |
| The German forces invaded Holland
on the 10th of May 1940 (Operation Fall Gelb). German troops landed with
Heinkel HE-59 hydroplanes on the Nieuwe Maas-river in the city of Rotterdam.
There also landed airborneunits of the 7th Fliegerdivision in the area of
Rotterdam. The troops who landed by hydroplane had to occupy the bridges
over the river. The bridges weren't guarded by Dutch troops, but troops
arrived very soon. A heavy fight for the bridges started. The Hr. Ms. Van Galen (just returned from the Dutch East Indies) was ordered to go to Rotterdam and attack the German forces near the Nieuwe Maas-bridges. Somewhere around 1400u the Hr. Ms. Van Galen sailed the Nieuwe Waterweg on. Earlier that day two smaller ships attacked the German forces near the Nieuwe Maas-bridges, those where the torpedoboat Hr. Ms. Z 5 and the torpedo motorboats 51. These ships where so succesfull that the Dutch Command desided to send a larger ship to attack again. But the Hr. Ms. Van Galen was spotted by the German Luftwaffe and near Vlaardingen attacked for the first time by a group of Stuka divebombers. There wasn't a bomb that hit the ship, but the nearmisses damaged it and wounded some of the crew. "(...) During the 36th and last divebombattack, the bombs nearly missed the destroyer. They striked big holes just above the waterline and causes severe damage. The 7.5cm gun, the wheelhouse and the fire-directioninstallation where destroyed. (...)"[3] After that attack, the destroyed was so crippeled that the captain, Kapitein-luitenant ter zee (Commander) A.S. Pinke, desided to try to reach a nearby harbor. The crew managed to get offboard and to secure a couple of machineguns with ammunition before the Hr. Ms. Van Galen sonk. The captain and his crew fought the battle further on shore. |
| 26.03.1940-11.05.1940 | Kapitein-luitenant ter zee A.S. Pinke |
| Hr. Ms. Witte de With [Admiralen-class Destroyer] | Top |
| 28.05.1927 | Laid down |
| 11.09.1928 | Launched |
| 20.02.1929 | Commissioned |
| 02.03.1942 | Scuttled |
| 18.05.1941-24.12.1941 | Luitenant ter zee der 1e klasse P. Schotel |
| 15.02.1942-01.03.1942 | Luitenant ter zee der 1e klasse P. Schotel |
| Hr. Ms. Banckert [Admiralen-class Destroyer] | Top |
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| Hr. Ms. Banckert | Picture #07 |
| 25.08.1927 | Laid down |
| 14.11.1929 | Launched |
| 14.11.1930 | Commissioned |
| 02.03.1942 | Scuttled |
| 30.09.1940-02.03.1942 | Luitenant ter zee der 1e klasse L.J. Goslings |
| Hr. Ms. Van Nes [Admiralen-class Destroyer] | Top |
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| Hr. Ms. Van Nes | Picture #08 |
| 15.08.1928 | Laid down |
| 20.03.1930 | Launched |
| 12.03.1931 | Commissioned |
| 17.02.1942 | Sunk by Japanese aircraft |
| 13.01.1941-17.02.1942 | Luitenant ter zee der 1e klasse C.A. Lagaay |
| Hr. Ms. Gerard Callenburgh [Gerard Callenburgh-class Destroyer] | Top |
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| ZH-1 | Picture #09 |
| 12.10.1938 | Laid down |
| 12.10.1939 | Launched |
| 14.05.1940 | Sunk by destruction parties near Rotterdam (the Netherlands), later raises and commissioned by the Germans as ZH-1 |
| 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 | None |
| Hr. Ms. Isaac Sweers [Gerard Callenburgh-class Destroyer] | Top |
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| Hr. Ms. Isaac Sweers | Picture #10 |
| 26.11.1938 | Laid down |
16.03.1940 |
Launched |
| 29.05.1941 | Commissioned |
| 13.11.1942 | Sunk by the German submarine U-431 |
| 24.05.1941-30.12.1941 | Kapitein-luitenant ter zee J. Houtsmuller |
| 30.12.1941-31.05.1942 | Kapitein-Luitenant ter zee W. Harmsen |
| 01.06.1942-13.11.1942 | Kapitein ter zee W. Harmsen |
| Hr. Ms. Tjerck Hiddes (I) [Gerard Callenburgh-class Destroyer] | Top |
| 01.10.1938 | Laid down |
| 12.10.1939 | Launched |
| 14.05.1940 | Scuttled by destruction parties near Rotterdam (the Netherlands) |
| 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 | None |
| Hr. Ms. Philips van Almonde [Gerard Callenburgh-class Destroyer] | Top |
| 02.03.1939 | Laid down |
| 17.05.1940 | Scuttled by destruction parties in the Netherlands |
| 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 | None |
| Hr. Ms. Tjerk Hiddes (II) (ex HMS Nonpareil) [N-class Destroyer] | Top |
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| Hr. Ms. Tjerk Hiddes | Picture #13 |
| 22.05.1940 | Laid down |
| 25.06.1941 | Launched |
| 06.05.1942 | Commissioned |
| 06.05.1942-21.01.1944 | Luitenant ter zee der 1e klasse W.J. Kruys |
| 21.01.1944-14.02.1944 | Luitenant ter zee der 1e klasse J.W. Caspers (acting) |
| 14.02.1944-25.04.1944 | Luitenant ter zee der 1e klasse G.A. Cox |
| 25.04.1944-01.08.1945 | Luitenant ter zee der 1e klasse N.W. Sluijter |
| Hr. Ms. Van Galen (II) (ex HMS Noble) [N-class Destroyer] | Top |
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| Hr. Ms. Van Galen | Picture #14 |
| 10.07.1939 | Laid down |
| 17.04.1941 | Launched |
| 11.02.1942 | Commissioned |
| 11.02.1942-19.02.1945 | Luitenant ter zee der 1e klasse F.Th. Burghard |
| 19.02.1945-20.04.1945 | Luitenant ter zee der 1e klasse F.L. Capel (acting) |
| 20.04.1945-07.09.1946 | Luitenant ter zee der 1e klasse P.A. Mulock van der Vlies Bik |
| Hr. Ms. Campbeltown (ex HMS Campbeltown, ex USS Buchanan) [Town-class Destroyer] | Top |
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| USS Buchanan | Picture #15 |
| 29.06.1918 | Laid down |
| 02.01.1919 | Launched |
| 20.01.1919 | Commissioned in the United States Navy |
| 09.09.1940 | Commissioned in the Royal Navy |
| 17.01.1941 | Commissioned in the Royal Netherlands Navy |
| 00.09.1941 (?) | Transfered back to the Royal Navy |
| 28.03.1942 | Used as a blockship in the St. Nazaire Raid |
| 17.01.1941-15.10.1941 | Kapitein-luitenant ter zee W. Harmsen |
| Sources & links: | Ph.M. Bosscher, De Koninklijke Marine in de Tweede Wereldoorlog (ISBN 90-6135-371-8) | |
| P.S. van 't Haaff & M.J.C. Klaassen (samenst.). Gedenkboek honderd jarig bestaan der Adelborsten-Opleiding te Willemsoord 1854-1954 (1954) | ||
| M.J.C. Klaassen (samenst.). Gedenkboek honderdvijfentwintig jarig bestaan der Adelborstenopleiding te Willemsoord 1854-1979 (1979) | ||
| E.H. Brongers, Opmars naar Rotterdam (deel 1: de luchtlanding) (ISBN 90-6045-474-X) | ||
| Royal Netherlands Navy Warships of World War II | ||
| Nautiek scheepvaart en watersport site | ||
| Webpage Hr. Ms. van Galen | ||
| Destroyers | ||
| HyperWar: World War II on the World Wide Web | ||
| Haze Gary & Underway - Naval History and Photography | ||
| Picture sources: | Picture #01: Destroyers | |
| Picture #02: Destroyers | ||
| Picture #03: Stichting Bevordering Nagedachtenis Lt.Adm. Michiel A. de Ruyter | ||
| Picture #04: Nautiek scheepvaart en watersport site | ||
| Picture #05: Nautiek scheepvaart en watersport site | ||
| Picture #07: Royal Netherlands Navy Warships of World War II | ||
| Picture #08: Royal Netherlands Navy Warships of World War II | ||
| Picture #09: Destroyers | ||
| Picture #10: Royal Netherlands Navy Warships of World War II | ||
| Picture #13: Destroyers | ||
| Picture #14: Destroyers | ||
| Picture #15: Royal Netherlands Navy Warships of World War II | ||
| Notes: | 1: | USS John D. Ford (DD-228) Action Report (Java Sea) dated. 08.03.1942 |
| 2: | USS John D. Edwards (DD-216) Action Report (Java Sea) dated. 04.03.1942 | |
| 3: | Translated from: E.H. Brongers, Opmars naar Rotterdam (deel 1: de luchtlanding) (ISBN 90-6045-474-X), page 156. | |
| Site design & initiative: | Hans Houterman | |
| Site created by: | Jeroen Koppes | |
| Thanks to: | Jan Visser from: Royal Netherlands Navy Warships of World War II | |
| Last update: | 01.01.2004-CSS | |