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Royal Netherlands Navy Auxiliary
HNLMS Poolster (1939)
History Netherlands Name Poolster Namesake Poolster Builder Droogdok Maatschappij, Tandjong Priok Laid down 1938 Commissioned 1939 In service 1939 Out of service 2 March 1942 Renamed Horei Maru (Imperial Japanese Navy serving as salvage ship)Fate Scuttled 2 March 1942 by RNN, raised by IJN on 1 September 1943 and sunk American aircraft 15 January 1945. General characteristics Type Auxiliary , submarine tender , seaplane tender , salvage ship Displacement 1,565 t (1,540 long tons) standard Length 74.72 m (245 ft 2 in) Beam 12 m (39 ft 4 in) Draught 3 m (9 ft 10 in) Installed power 1,250 hp (930 kW) Propulsion 4-stroke Smit-MAN Diesel engine powering a single screw Speed 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) Complement 90 Armament
1 × single 75 mm (3.0 in) British HA/LA guns
2 × single 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Vickers
HNLMS Poolster was a Royal Netherlands Navy auxiliary ship . Originally constructed for the Government Navy as a replacement for HNLMS Hoofdinspecteur Zeeman , she would instead be transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy while still under construction.[ 1]
Once completed in 1939, she was commissioned into the Royal Netherlands Navy as a seaplane tender and salvage ship . During the Second World War she would also serve as a submarine tender if the opportunity arose.[ 2]
Poolster served throughout the Second World War. Initially in Dutch service until her scuttling in March 1942 as she was unable to escape after the fall of Java . She was raised by Japanese forces in 1943 and continued service there as a salvage ship until sunk by aircraft from USS Saratoga in 1945.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
^ a b Mark, Chris (1997). Schepen van de Koninklijke Marine in W.O. II. Alkmaar: De Alk. ISBN 978-90-6013-522-8.
^ a b von Münching, L. L. (1978). Schepen van de Koninklijke Marine in de tweede wereldoorlog (in Dutch). Alkmaar: Alk. ISBN 978-90-6013-903-5 ^ Bezemer, K. W. L. (1987). Verdreven doch niet verslagen: verdere verrichtingen der Koninklijke marine in de Tweede Wereldoorlog (in Dutch). Houten: De Boer maritiem. ISBN 978-90-269-2041-7 ^ Helfrich, Conrad Emile Lambert (1950). Memoires van Admiraal Helfrich Amsterdam: Elsevier.
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in March 1942
Shipwrecks
1 Mar: USS Edsall , HMS Encounter , HNLMS Eridanus , HNLMS Evertsen , HMS Exeter , USS Houston , USS Pecos , HMAS Perth , USS Pope , Rooseboom U-656 2 Mar: HNLMS Aldebaran , HNLMS Banckert , HNLMS Bangkalan , USAT Don Esteban , HNLMS Fomalhaut , Ha-13 HNLMS K X , HNLMS K XIII , HNLMS K XVIII , HNLMS Koning der Nederlanden , USS Pillsbury , USS Stewart , Toendjoek Van Waerwijck HNLMS Poolster , HNLMS Witte de With 3 Mar: USS Asheville , Koolama SS Mary , USS Perch 4 Mar: HMAS Yarra 5 Mar: Auby 6 Mar: HNLMS Pieter de Bitter , Rononia 7 Mar: Arabutan HNLMS Gouden Leeuw , Nyggjaberg Uniwaleco 8 Mar: HNLMS Eland Dubois , HNLMS Jan van Amstel , Smyshlyony 10 Mar: Lady Nelson Kongō Maru Tenyo Maru Yokohama Maru 11 Mar: HMS Naiad 12 Mar: Texan 13 Mar: Tama Maru No. 2 Tolten 14 Mar: U-133 15 Mar: USCGC Acacia , U-503 HMS Vortigern 17 Mar: Île de Batz San Demetrio 18 Mar: E.M. Clark 19 Mar: Papoose 20 Mar: HMS Heythrop 21 Mar: Vamar 23 Mar: British Prudence 24 Mar: HMS Southwold , U-655 26 Mar: Dixie Arrow HMS Jaguar , HMS Legion , HMS P39 27 Mar: USS Atik , U-587 Equipoise 28 Mar: HMS Campbeltown , Raceland 29 Mar: Hertford Z26 30 Mar: U-585 Unknown: Emilia Panay Other incidents
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in January 1945
Shipwrecks
2 Jan: Yu 1
4 Jan: USS Ommaney Bay , Lewis L. Dyche
5 Jan: Ha-71 Ha-82 Kanko Maru Momi Isaac Shelby Shunsen Maru Yu 3
6 Jan: USS Long , S-4
7 Jan: USS Hovey , USS Palmer
9 Jan: Cha-216 Kuroshio Maru U-679 U-1020
11 Jan: Hakuyo Maru T-76 Kotall
12 Jan: CD-17 CD-19 CD-23 CD-35 CD-43 CD-51 Ikutagawa Maru Kashii Lamotte-Picquet Louhi M-1 Otowa Maru PB-103 USS Swordfish , T.140 W-101
14 Jan: I-362
15 Jan: Claus Rickmers Hatakaze Tsuga USS YP-73 , HNLMS Poolster
16 Jan: Deyatelny Donau U-248
17 Jan: U-2515 U-2523 U-2530
19 Jan: HMS Porpoise
21 Jan: U-1199
22 Jan: Saga
23 Jan: I-48
24 Jan: Empire Rupert USS Extractor , Shigure
26 Jan: HMS Manners , U-1051
27 Jan: U-1172
28 Jan: Sanuki Maru
29 Jan: USS Serpens , U-763
30 Jan: USS Pontiac , Wilhelm Gustloff
31 Jan: Berlin III USS PC-1129 , U-2520
Unknown date: Christian Radich U-382 U-480 U-650 U-1020 Other incidents
Netherlands
