P00039.015

P00039.015

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ID number
P00039.015
Object type
Black & white
Place made
Netherlands East Indies: Java, Tanjong Priok
Date made
c 1945
Physical description
Black & white
Collection
Photograph
Description
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.
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