HNLMS Poolster (1939)

For other ships with the same name, see HNLMS Poolster.

HNLMS Poolster (1939)
History
Netherlands
NamePoolster
NamesakePoolster
BuilderDroogdok Maatschappij, Tandjong Priok
Laid down1938
Commissioned1939
In service1939
Out of service2 March 1942
RenamedHorei Maru (Imperial Japanese Navy serving as salvage ship)
FateScuttled 2 March 1942 by RNN, raised by IJN on 1 September 1943 and sunk American aircraft 15 January 1945.
General characteristics
TypeAuxiliary, submarine tender, seaplane tender, salvage ship
Displacement1,565 t (1,540 long tons) standard
Length74.72 m (245 ft 2 in)
Beam12 m (39 ft 4 in)
Draught3 m (9 ft 10 in)
Installed power1,250 hp (930 kW)
Propulsion4-stroke Smit-MAN Diesel engine powering a single screw
Speed12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement90
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]

Service history

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]

References

  1. ^ a b Mark, Chris (1997). Schepen van de Koninklijke Marine in W.O. II. Alkmaar: De Alk. ISBN 978-90-6013-522-8.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Helfrich, Conrad Emile Lambert (1950). Memoires van Admiraal Helfrich Amsterdam: Elsevier.
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