Post by lordroel on Aug 8, 2021 18:59:24 GMT
From the archives from my computer comes: A mighty Netherlands Fleet.
February 5th, 1940
In the early morning a strange fog, engulfs Naval Base Den Helder, the main Royal Netherlands Navy base in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
When the strange fog has cleared, a large number of ships, that where not there a moment ago, can be see anchored around the naval base.
The strange fog also appeared over Naval Base Soerabaja the main Royal Netherlands Navy base in the Netherlands East Indies, and when the fog was gone, an empty but different navy base remained.
The warships that have appeared.
Four Willem I Class aircraft carriers (of the Graf Zeppelin-class)
Willem I, prins van Oranje, Johan de Witt en Rotterdam.
Each of the four Willem I Class aircraft carriers carries this Netherlands version of a German designed plane.
10 × Fokker D.XXII (D.22, Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter)
13 × Fokker B.I (Junkers Ju 87 dive bomber)
18 × Fokker C. X ( Fieseler Fi 167 torpedo bomber)
Six Holland Class battleships (Design H39)
Holland, Gelderland, Noord Brabant, Utrecht, Friesland en Zeeland.
Three Wilhelmina van Pruisen Class battlecruisers ("O Class" battlecruisers)
Wilhelmina van Pruisen , Sophie van Württemberg en Anna Paulowna.
Ten Groningen Class heavy cruisers ("Kreuzer P Class" Panzerschiffe)
Groningen , Leeuwarden , Assen , Zwolle , Arnhem , Haarlem , Den Haag , Middelburg , 's-Hertogenbosch en Maastricht
Four Zeven Provinciën Class light cruisers ("M Class" light cruisers)
De Zeven Provinciën , Kijkduin, Eendracht en Gouden Leeuw.
Twenty four D-1 class destroyers (1938A/Ac Class destroyers)
D-1 to D-24.
February 6th, 1940
A day after the appearance, several things are confirmed by the Royal Netherlands Navy regarding the appearance of the large number of naval ships in the Naval Base Den Helder.
These are:
1, all four carriers are fully armed and equipped whit planes.
2, all twenty-four destroyers, eighteen cruisers and six battleships are also fully armed and equipped.
3, all six battleships and eighteen cruisers have a Netherlands version of the Arado Ar 196 seaplane on board which is called by the crew of the New Fleet, the Fokker C-196.
4, personal where found sleeping on board all ships, and after waking up, had no knowledge of how they get here ore that they were, but all personal who were on board the ships, do know how to operate the ships and everything related to them.
February 7th, 1940
Two days after the Event, the Ministry of the Navy has gathered enough information regarding , Naval Base Soerabaja ,Netherlands East Indies , which has turned into a powerful Naval base ,capable of maintaining the New Fleet, however the Ministry of the Navy also receives world that all personal and ships inside Naval Base Soerabaja ,when it changed have disappeared , leaving this modern base empty of personal and ships.
The new modern updated Naval Base Soerabaja contains.
Four 2.400-ton dry docks.
Two 15,000-ton dry docks.
A coastal battery equipped whit 6 twin 5.9-inch turrets.
Two 40,000-ton dry docks
A well-equipped main base for flying boats whit 24 Fokker C-196s, a airfield just outside the Naval base, which according to officers of the Royal Netherlands Naval Aviation Service who have inspected it, has 96 × Fokker D.XXII , 26 × Fokker B.I and 36 × Fokker C. X planes, while the airfield appears to be well supplied whit everything needed to operate these planes.
February 11th, 1940
Four days after the event, the ministry of the Navy ,who is quick to take advantage of the event, decides to send two Willem I Class aircraft carriers to the Netherlands East Indies, together whit all three Wilhelmina van Pruisen Class battlecruisers, three Holland Class battleships, six Groningen Class heavy cruisers, and twelve D-1 class destroyers, so that they can beef up the Netherlands navy presence in the Netherlands East Indies and to replace all ships that diapered when Naval Base Soerabaja changed into the powerful navy base, at it is now.
February 5th, 1940
In the early morning a strange fog, engulfs Naval Base Den Helder, the main Royal Netherlands Navy base in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
When the strange fog has cleared, a large number of ships, that where not there a moment ago, can be see anchored around the naval base.
The strange fog also appeared over Naval Base Soerabaja the main Royal Netherlands Navy base in the Netherlands East Indies, and when the fog was gone, an empty but different navy base remained.
The warships that have appeared.
Four Willem I Class aircraft carriers (of the Graf Zeppelin-class)
Willem I, prins van Oranje, Johan de Witt en Rotterdam.
Each of the four Willem I Class aircraft carriers carries this Netherlands version of a German designed plane.
10 × Fokker D.XXII (D.22, Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter)
13 × Fokker B.I (Junkers Ju 87 dive bomber)
18 × Fokker C. X ( Fieseler Fi 167 torpedo bomber)
Six Holland Class battleships (Design H39)
Holland, Gelderland, Noord Brabant, Utrecht, Friesland en Zeeland.
Three Wilhelmina van Pruisen Class battlecruisers ("O Class" battlecruisers)
Wilhelmina van Pruisen , Sophie van Württemberg en Anna Paulowna.
Ten Groningen Class heavy cruisers ("Kreuzer P Class" Panzerschiffe)
Groningen , Leeuwarden , Assen , Zwolle , Arnhem , Haarlem , Den Haag , Middelburg , 's-Hertogenbosch en Maastricht
Four Zeven Provinciën Class light cruisers ("M Class" light cruisers)
De Zeven Provinciën , Kijkduin, Eendracht en Gouden Leeuw.
Twenty four D-1 class destroyers (1938A/Ac Class destroyers)
D-1 to D-24.
February 6th, 1940
A day after the appearance, several things are confirmed by the Royal Netherlands Navy regarding the appearance of the large number of naval ships in the Naval Base Den Helder.
These are:
1, all four carriers are fully armed and equipped whit planes.
2, all twenty-four destroyers, eighteen cruisers and six battleships are also fully armed and equipped.
3, all six battleships and eighteen cruisers have a Netherlands version of the Arado Ar 196 seaplane on board which is called by the crew of the New Fleet, the Fokker C-196.
4, personal where found sleeping on board all ships, and after waking up, had no knowledge of how they get here ore that they were, but all personal who were on board the ships, do know how to operate the ships and everything related to them.
February 7th, 1940
Two days after the Event, the Ministry of the Navy has gathered enough information regarding , Naval Base Soerabaja ,Netherlands East Indies , which has turned into a powerful Naval base ,capable of maintaining the New Fleet, however the Ministry of the Navy also receives world that all personal and ships inside Naval Base Soerabaja ,when it changed have disappeared , leaving this modern base empty of personal and ships.
The new modern updated Naval Base Soerabaja contains.
Four 2.400-ton dry docks.
Two 15,000-ton dry docks.
A coastal battery equipped whit 6 twin 5.9-inch turrets.
Two 40,000-ton dry docks
A well-equipped main base for flying boats whit 24 Fokker C-196s, a airfield just outside the Naval base, which according to officers of the Royal Netherlands Naval Aviation Service who have inspected it, has 96 × Fokker D.XXII , 26 × Fokker B.I and 36 × Fokker C. X planes, while the airfield appears to be well supplied whit everything needed to operate these planes.
February 11th, 1940
Four days after the event, the ministry of the Navy ,who is quick to take advantage of the event, decides to send two Willem I Class aircraft carriers to the Netherlands East Indies, together whit all three Wilhelmina van Pruisen Class battlecruisers, three Holland Class battleships, six Groningen Class heavy cruisers, and twelve D-1 class destroyers, so that they can beef up the Netherlands navy presence in the Netherlands East Indies and to replace all ships that diapered when Naval Base Soerabaja changed into the powerful navy base, at it is now.
