NAVY [Navy] Anefo London series Hr. Ms. Dan. Van Ghent, set fire by its own crew after walking on a reef Annotation: During the outbreak of World War II, the Van Ghent was in the Dutch East Indies. On 3 February, a beating framework was formed, where the Van Ghent was also part of. On 4 February 1942, on the way to Makassar Strait, this squadron was attacked in the Bali Sea south of Kangean Island by a formation of about 60 Japanese bombers. The attack was mainly aimed at the American cruisers USS Houston and USS Marblehead and the Van Ghent suffered no damage. On February 15, the squadron tr
NAVY [Navy] Anefo London series Hr. Ms. Dan. Van Ghent, set fire by its own crew after walking on a reef Annotation: During the outbreak of World War II, the Van Ghent was in the Dutch East Indies. On 3 February, a beating framework was formed, where the Van Ghent was also part of. On 4 February 1942, on the way to Makassar Strait, this squadron was attacked in the Bali Sea south of Kangean Island by a formation of about 60 Japanese bombers. The attack was mainly aimed at the American cruisers USS Houston and USS Marblehead and the Van Ghent suffered no damage. On February 15, the squadron tried to prevent the invasion of Palembangs. In the early morning of 15 February around half past five, the Van Ghent ran to the ground in Stolze street on the coastal strip of the island of Bamidjo due to a navigation error. The navigation error was caused by the bad weather conditions during that night. It was heavily cloudy and it rained heavy and heavy so it was not possible to follow the flagship Ruyter. The crew was taken aboard the Banckert during the evacuation1. The crew had set fire to the ship before leaving. 3 During the day, the Van Ghent was spotted by 7 Japanese bombers who threw a burst of bombs on the ship. [source Wikipedia] Date: February 15, 1942 Location: Bamidjo, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies Keywords: navy, warships, World War II
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