August 13. 2008
Added photo page for K-class sloops
August 12, 2008
Added three photos of Tromp being launched on May 24, 1937
August 10, 2008
Updated captions of N-class destroyers photo page
Updated history of sloop Soemba (June, 1944)
April 6, 2008
Updated Gadila-class merchant aircraft carriers (data)
January 28, 2008
Added two new Mystery photos and posted one new answer
January 23, 2008
Added new Special: HNMS Tjerk Hiddes - Timor Ferry
June 15, 2005
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
December 4, 2004
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)
August 14, 2004
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
July 3, 2004
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
May 1, 2004
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
February 29, 2004
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
November 8, 2003
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)
July 10, 2003
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
May 11, 2003
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
February 14, 2003
Updated Mysteries
Added new link
January 18, 2003
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)
October 5 2002
Added a Men-section
Updated Mystery-photos (Photo identified and moved to Solved Mysteries)
Updated Eendracht-class cruisers (updated histories)
August 30 2002
Changed the look of the site
Added drawing to 1940 Battlecruisers
Updated Shinonome Special
Updated Tankboot 1 (history)
Updated FAQ-page
Updated Admiralen-class destroyers (histories)
Updated Mystery photos (added new)
July 9 2002
Added commanding officers to De Ruyter Profile
Updated Sources
Updated Admiralen-class destroyers (corrected dockyard details)
Added Pennants by Mark C. Jones
Added Battlecruisers
April 13 2002
Updated Shinonome special
Updated Sources
Updated Mystery photos
February 7 2002
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
January 24 2002
Updated Sources
Added Review for K.W.L. Bezemer
Added Tandjong Priok to the Bases
Updated Mystery-photos
December 2 2001
Added a bookshop to the site
Updated Sources
November 3 2001
Added Parera, Curaçao to the Bases
Updated Mystery-photos
Updated Tromp (armament)
Updated Endeh (history)
October 14 2001
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
October 13 2001
The mailinglist is back. Click here. Also changed the outlook of the site somewhat.
October 7 2001
Removed several older Mystery-photos
September 29 2001
Added Soerabaja to the Bases
September 27 2001
Updated Mystery-photos (added answer to Cruiser.jpg and moved it to my other site)
September 1 2001
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)
August 14 2001
Added Shinonome-special
August 8 2001
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)
July 8 2001
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)
June 28 2001
Updated Mystery-photos (posted reply)
June 15 2001
Updated Mystery-photos (posted answer to mystery photo )
June 12 2001
Updated Mystery-photos (added new photo, posted answer to another)
June 11 2001
Updated Mystery-photos (posted answer)
June 9 2001
Updated Mystery-photos
June 3 2001
Added new link
Added new Mystery-photos
May 26 2001
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
May 25 2001
Uploaded 2 new Mystery-photos
May 18 2001
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)
May 12 2001
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
May 1 2001
Updated Jacob van Heemskerck Profile (November 28 1942)
Added Armed Merchant Cruisers
March 30 2001
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)
March 28 2001
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March 24 2001
Updated History of Jacob van Heemskerck ( April 24 1946 )
Updated History of Van Kinsbergen ( April 1942 )
Added former whalers Enern, Femern and Toern
March 16 2001
Added a new Mystery-photo
March 13 2001
Added new drawing to Callenburgh-class destroyers
Added new Photospecial
Restyled Pictures-page
March 13 2001
Added new Mystery-photo
March 9 2001
Added link to the Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939-1945
Added a new source to the Sources-page
March 2 2001
Changed the look of the Ships, Specials, Profiles, Bases and Equipment-pages
Added new Special by Alberto Rosselli
February 24 2001
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
February 23 2001
Added new link to the Links-page
Updated Van Kinsbergen profile ( November 5 1942 )
Updated histories of TM-22-class boats
February 22 2001
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 :)
February 17 2001
Changed look of frontpage somewhat
February 2 2001
Updated TM-4 class MTBs
Updated Isaac Sweers history (June 1942 and December 1941)
Updated Jacob van Heemskerck history (commanders)
January 24 2001
Added new link
January 21 2001
Rewrote Ondina-battle
Added Profile of the sloop Soemba
Added photo to 126 feet-class minesweepers
January 14 2001
Added some new Links
Removed all banners from the Links-page to speed up loading.
