Added photo to Tromp-class cruisers
Added photo to De Ruyter-class cruiser

Updated Tromp-class cruisers (radars - thanks to Rob Burgerhout)
Updated a photo caption of a Tromp-class cruiser

Added a transcription of The Soemba Docket

Added new photo of a K-class sloops

Updated Mystery photos

Fixed broken links on entire site.

Added Warship International article Battlecruiser - Design studies for the Royal Netherlands Navy 1939-40 by Jurrien S. Noot.

Merry Christmas and a happy 2010 to all!

Updated photo description on the Java-class cruisers page.

Added new photo of a K-class sloops

Added photo page for K-class sloops

Added three photos of Tromp being launched on May 24, 1937

Updated captions of N-class destroyers photo page
Updated history of sloop Soemba (June, 1944)

Updated Gadila-class merchant aircraft carriers (data)

Added two new Mystery photos and posted one new answer

Added new Special: HNMS Tjerk Hiddes - Timor Ferry

New photo added to Gruno-class photo special
New photos added to miscellaneous pictures
New photos added to the Java-class cruisers
New photos added to the Admiralen-class destroyers
New photos added to the Tromp-class cruisers
New photo added to the Gelderland-class armoured cruisers

Added a new book review
Updated several photo pages and added a new one. Of particular interest are the dive photos of the wreck of the cruiser Java, kindly provided by Mr. Kevin Denlay from Australia.
Updated Mystery photos (new reply added)

Updated photo pages for cruiser classes De Ruyter, Java and Tromp and Admiralen-class destroyers
Updated mystery photos and solved mystery photos
Updated history for MTBs TM.58-61
Updated data for minesweeper Duiveland

Updated Admiralen-class and Gelderland photo specials (photos added)
Updated personnel files for Rear-Admirals Stöve, Meijer Ranneft and Lt.Cdr. Douw van der Krap (minor additions)
Added new page for trawler-minesweepers in R.N.N. service
Added photo special about the Java- and Tromp-class cruisers, and the sloop Van Kinsbergen
Updated Mystery photos (photo added)
Updated history of the cruiser Tromp

Added new photo special about the wreck of the cruiser De Ruyter
Updated Pieter Florisz (minesweeper) photo special (2 new photos added)
Added new Photo special about the training ship Gelderland
Updated Personnel-page for Admiral Furstner
Updated Special for the German minelayer Doggerbank
Updated Mystery photos

Added two new Specials
Added new photo special (Pieter Florisz)
Updated Admiralen-class destroyers photo special (new photo added)
Updated Sources (new sources added)
Updated Battle of the tanker Ondina (new info added)
Updated Personnel pages for Rear-Admiral A.S. Pinke and Lieutenant-Commander E.H. Larive

Updated page for Vice-Admiral A.S. Pinke (new photo added)
Added photo special titled "Admiralen-class destroyers in the 1930s"
Added photo special titled "A sailor's odyssey
Added 7 new biographies
Updated Sources (new added)

Updated Sources and Contributors
Added new Special (The Terrible Twins)
Updated Special on the destroyer Tjerk Hiddes (Footnote added)
Updated Special on the Battleships of 1912 (complete revision)
New Mystery Photo added
New Photos added

Updated Van Amstel-class minesweepers (fate Pieter Florisz)
Added special about a torpedo-explosion on board Tjerk Hiddes in 1943
Added special about the Dutch MTBs in the Channel
Updated Mystery-photos

Updated Mysteries
Added new link

Royal Netherlands Navy Warships of World War II now has its own domain! The site will be accessible via www.netherlandsnavy.nl. Please updated your bookmarks and links accordingly!

Updated Ondina battle (footnote added and others modified)
Revised Java-class cruisers
Added Vice-Admiral A.S. Pinke to the Persons-section
Revised Callenburgh-class destroyers
Revised Eendracht-class cruisers
Revised cruiser De Ruyter (I)
Revised Sources
Revised minelayer Jan van Brakel
Added datasheet for Bofors 40 mm No.3 and 4 to the Guns
Updated Isaac Sweers profile (January, 1942 and September, 1941)
Updated Links (link added)

Added a Men-section
Updated Mystery-photos (Photo identified and moved to Solved Mysteries)
Updated Eendracht-class cruisers (updated histories)

Changed the look of the site
Updated Shinonome Special
Updated Tankboot 1 (history)
Updated FAQ-page
Updated Admiralen-class destroyers (histories)
Updated Mystery photos (added new)

Added commanding officers to De Ruyter Profile
Updated Sources
Updated Admiralen-class destroyers (corrected dockyard details)
Added Pennants by Mark C. Jones

Updated Shinonome special
Updated Sources
Updated Mystery photos

Added Reviews for "The Job and the Tools" and "The Fourth Ally" by Mark C. Jones
Added Abraham Crijnssen special by Mark C. Jones
Added photo to Parera naval base (courtesy Jon Balson)
Updated Sources
Updated Mystery-photos

Updated Sources
Added Review for K.W.L. Bezemer
Added Tandjong Priok to the Bases
Updated Mystery-photos

Updated Sources

Added Parera, Curaçao to the Bases
Updated Mystery-photos
Updated Tromp (armament)
Updated Endeh (history)

Complete make-over of the site, now with inline frames and external CSS-pages for easy maintenance. Also made the following changes to the content of the site:

Added histories to Admiralen-class destroyers
Updated Java and Sumatra histories (commanders)
Updated Gerard Callenburgh-class destroyers (construction details)
Updated Ondina battle (description for photo)
Updated De Ruyter history (February 1942)
Updated 105 feet-class minesweepers (histories)
Updated Flores history (July 23 1943)
Updated Jan van Brakel (construction details)

Please report problems with the new layout and structure of the site

The mailinglist is back. Click here. Also changed the outlook of the site somewhat.

Removed several older Mystery-photos

Added Soerabaja to the Bases

Updated Mystery-photos (added answer to Cruiser.jpg and moved it to my other site)

Updated Flores-class sloops (propulsion details and specs)
Updated N-class destroyers (histories added)
Updated Java-class cruisers (propulsion details)
Updated Jacob van Heemskerck (history 1946-1970)

Added Shinonome-special

Revised Van Kinsbergen-page
Updated Serdang (history)
Updated Ondina-special (Specs of Japanese AMCs)
Updated Doggerbank (Added notes 4 and 6)
Updated Singapore-convoys (convoy DM-1, trooper Mount Vernon)

Updated Van Kinsbergen History (June 17-22 1944)
Updated MTB-418-class (added picture and histories)
Updated Ondina Battle (Note 1)
Added FAQ-page
Updated TM 22-class MTB (histories)

Updated Mystery-photos (posted reply)

Updated Mystery-photos (posted answer to mystery photo )

Updated Mystery-photos (added new photo, posted answer to another)

Updated Mystery-photos (posted answer)

Updated Mystery-photos

Added new link
Added new Mystery-photos

Added new Special (The Doggerbank story)
Added Lewis .30 MG to the Guns-page
Added Poolster seaplanetender
Updated Zuiderkruis and Rigel (info)
Updated Bangkalan and Castor (info & photo)
Updated Pictures-page (better description Poolster)
Updated Mystery-page (reply added, moved identified ship to a different page

Uploaded 2 new Mystery-photos

Added Higgins anti-submarine boats
Updated Serdang history (1932-1937 and 1939-1942)
Updated Pro Patria history (1937-1939)
Updated Mines (some new details)
Updated Queen Wilhelmina (added drawing and history, June/July 1944)
Updated Whalers (Femern history)

Updated Torpedoes (New types etc.)
Updated Mines (American antenna mine)
Updated Jan van Gelder history (May 29-31 1940)
Updated Tromp (torpedoes)
Added new Link

Updated Jacob van Heemskerck Profile (November 28 1942)
Added Armed Merchant Cruisers

Added Profile of the minelayer Willem van der Zaan
Updated TM 4-class MTBs (propulsion details)
Updated The Ondina Story (Note 7)
Updated Frederic-class anti-submarinetrawler (construction details)

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Updated History of Jacob van Heemskerck ( April 24 1946 )
Updated History of Van Kinsbergen ( April 1942 )
Added former whalers Enern, Femern and Toern

Added a new Mystery-photo

Added new drawing to Callenburgh-class destroyers
Added new Photospecial
Restyled Pictures-page

Added new Mystery-photo

Added link to the Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939-1945
Added a new source to the Sources-page

Changed the look of the Ships, Specials, Profiles, Bases and Equipment-pages
Added new Special by Alberto Rosselli

Updated history of cruiser Tromp ( May 1942, Summer 1944 and July 1945 )
Updated history of Soemba ( July 1943 )
Updated history of Flores ( September 1943 )
Added new source to the Sources

Added new link to the Links-page
Updated Van Kinsbergen profile ( November 5 1942 )
Updated histories of TM-22-class boats

Added a forum to the site ! Check the left frame to access it. In the past, there have always been questions I have been unable to answer, but perhaps passing visitors can be of greater help than I am. In addition, the old board of the Pacific War 1941-1945 is shutting down per March 2001, making a new board even more urgent. See you all there :)

Changed look of frontpage somewhat

Updated TM-4 class MTBs
Updated Isaac Sweers history (June 1942 and December 1941)
Updated Jacob van Heemskerck history (commanders)

Added new link

Rewrote Ondina-battle
Added Profile of the sloop Soemba
Added photo to 126 feet-class minesweepers

Added some new Links
Removed all banners from the Links-page to speed up loading.