AWM Collection Record: P00039.015
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ID Number: | P00039.015 |
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| Place made: | Netherlands East Indies: Java, Tanjong Priok | ||
| Date made: | c 1945 | ||
| Physical description: | Black & white | ||
| Summary: | The Dutch submarine HNMS K-XV returns safely to the port of Tandjong Priok (Batavia), Java in 1945, more that three years after escaping from the invading Japanese in 1942. Its commander, Lieutenant C W T van Boetzelaer, (possibly the officer in peaked cap) was the only Dutch officer to remain in charge of his submarine throughout the war. | ||
| Copyright: | Copyright expired - public domain | ||
| Related subject: | Submarines | ||
| Related unit: | Netherlands East Indies Forces | ||
| Related place: | Netherlands East Indies; Netherlands East Indies: Java, Tanjong Priok | ||
| Related conflict: | Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Last-Modified: Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:48:17 GMT
