| WW2 and History Collection / Weapons and Equipment / Ships / Countries N / Kingdom of the Netherlands / Supply Ships | |||||||||
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September 3rd, 2015 |
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Kingdom of the Netherlands |
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| Royal Netherlands Navy - Koninklijke Marine |
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| Supply Ships: | |||||||||
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Royal Dutch Navy started building her first specifically built Supply
Ship, Tankboot 1, on December 14th, 1939. When the Second World War
started in the Netherlands on May 10th, 1940, the ship was still in its
building phase. After the German invasion, the ship was taken in German
service as the Kärten. In this period the Dutch Navy themselves hired
or requisitioned several merchand ships to use them as supply ships.
Mostly these ships were not militarized and sailed with under their
civil name and with their civil crew. Sometimes the ships were equipped
with weapons for self-defence, mostly not. It was not before the Second
World War ended, the Dutch Navy started using supply ships that were
specifically designed for that purpose. |
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| Tankboot 1 (no naval callsign) (not in service, became German Kärnten) |
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| ms Paula (Auxiliary Tanker 1 / TAN 1, later Arare Maru) (1939 - 1942) | 
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| ms Juno (Auxiliary Tanker 2 / TAN 2, later Yuno Maru) (1939 - 1942) | 
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| ss Djirak (Auxiliary Tanker 3 / TAN 3) (1939 - 1942) | 
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| ss Pendopo (Auxiliary Tanker 4 / TAN 4, later Eiho Maru) (1939 - 1942) | 
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| ms Aldegonda (Auxiliary Tanker 5 / TAN 5, later IJN Aiten Maru) (1942) | 
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| ms Josefina (Auxiliary Tanker 6 / TAN 6, later Yosei Maru) (1939 - 1942) | 
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| ss Benakat (Auxiliary Tanker 7 / TAN 7) (1939 - 1942) | 
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| ms Petronella (Auxiliary Tanker 8 / TAN 8, later HMS ?) (1939 - 1942) |  |
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| ms Minjak (Benzinetransportschip 1 / BEN 1, later ? Maru) (1939 - 1942) | 
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| ms Moesi (Benzinetransportschip 2 / BEN 2) (1939- 1942) | 
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| ms Asahan (Benzinetransportschip 3 / BEN 3, later IJN ?) (1942) | 
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| ms Mampawa (Benzinetransportschip 4 / BEN 4, later Harufuji Maru) (1939 - 1942) |  |
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| Hr. Ms. Vulkaan (HR1, ex-HMS Beachy Head) (1947 - 1950, later HMCS Cape Scott) |
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| Hr. Ms. Pelikaan (A830) |
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| Hr. Ms. Woendi (A832) |
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| Hr. Ms. Poolster (A835) (1964 - 1994) |
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| Hr. Ms. Zuiderkruis (A832) (1975 - 2011) |
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| Zr. Ms. Amsterdam (A836) (1995 - 2014) |
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| Since
2014, the Dutch Royal Navy does not operate any supply ship anymore.
The function these ships had is as from 2015 operated by the new Joint
logistic Support Ship (JSS) Zr. Ms. Karel Doorman. |
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| Zr. Ms. Karel Doorman (A833) (2015 - present) |
 (Image: Dutch Ministry of Defence) |
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| Text: Wilco Vermeer Images: Wilco Vermeer, unless stated otherwise) |
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