Year: 2010 Language: English Author: Willigenburg (H von) Genre: History Publisher: Lanasta Format: PDF Quality: eBook Pages count: 148 Description: Many books on the Royal Netherlands Navy in the Second World War have been published during the last fifty years or so, although mainly in the Dutch language. Authors like Bezemer and Bosscher have been focusing on the operational history of the Dutch Senior Service, while Von Münching and Mark acquitted themselves by describing the various warships that were involved in the fighting. When I set out to produce this book I was able to build on those fundations, taking the matter further by creating a consistent, graphical representation of all important Dutch warships from this episode. Consistency has been achieved by including precise outboard profiles and deck elevations for each ship in this book, using a uniform style of illustration. A graphical element was introduced by applying authentic colours and camouflage patterns that until now could be seen in black-and-white prints only. During the war years a great variety of vessels was commissioned into the service of the Royal Netherlands Navy. In order to keep the size of this publication within realistic limits I had to take some tough decisions, especially where minor and smaller warships were concerned. Some categories, like converted tugs and trawlers taken up from trade, are represented by a single vessel. The same policy was applied to the so-called Gouvernementsmarine, a semi-military fleet of surveying ships and police boats, in peacetime used to enforce control over what is now known as Indonesia, the then Netherlands East Indies. For the same reason obsolete ships, that either saw very little action or no action at all, have been omitted as well. Having said this, I thought it appropriate to include a number of ships that operated under direct control of the British Admiralty or even flew the White Ensign, like the Channel ferryboats of the Zeeland Steamship Company. When organizing this book’s contents I applied the classification system of warships that was well known at the time of WW II. This designates categories like cruisers, destroyers etc., but the book starts off with a short overview of Dutch naval policy during the interwar years. In and out of Dutch parliament this policy was subject of many prolonged and fierce debates, and the outcomes of this struggle were responsible for the size and quality of the Royal Netherlands Navy during the first years of the war. In the same chapter, the Navy’s operational history during WW II will be related shortly.
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Dutch Warships of World War II
Language: English
Author: Willigenburg (H von)
Genre: History
Publisher: Lanasta
Format: PDF
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 148
Description: Many books on the Royal Netherlands Navy in the Second World War have been published during the last fifty years or so, although mainly in the Dutch language. Authors like Bezemer and Bosscher have been focusing on the operational history of the Dutch Senior Service, while Von Münching and Mark acquitted themselves by describing the various warships that were involved in the fighting. When I set out to produce this book I was able to build on those fundations, taking the matter further by creating a consistent, graphical representation of all important Dutch warships from this episode. Consistency has been achieved by including precise outboard profiles and deck elevations for each ship in this book, using a uniform style of illustration. A graphical element was introduced by applying authentic colours and camouflage patterns that until now could be seen in black-and-white prints only.
During the war years a great variety of vessels was commissioned into the service of the Royal Netherlands Navy. In order to keep the size of this publication within realistic limits I had to take some tough decisions, especially where minor and smaller warships were concerned. Some categories, like converted tugs and trawlers taken up from trade, are represented by a single vessel. The same policy was applied to the so-called Gouvernementsmarine, a semi-military fleet of surveying ships and police boats, in peacetime used to enforce control over what is now known as Indonesia, the then Netherlands East Indies. For the same reason obsolete ships, that either saw very little action or no action at all, have been omitted as well. Having said this, I thought it appropriate to include a number of ships that operated under direct control of the British Admiralty or even flew the White Ensign, like the Channel ferryboats of the Zeeland Steamship Company.
When organizing this book’s contents I applied the classification system of warships that was well known at the time of WW II. This designates categories like cruisers, destroyers etc., but the book starts off with a short overview of Dutch naval policy during the interwar years. In and out of Dutch parliament this policy was subject of many prolonged and fierce debates, and the outcomes of this struggle were responsible for the size and quality of the Royal Netherlands Navy during the first years of the war. In the same chapter, the Navy’s operational history during WW II will be related shortly.
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