RNN · DD
Witte de With
Photos and infoAdmiralen-class destroyer, pennant WW. Wilton-Feijenoord, Schiedam. Laid down 28 May 1927, launched 11 September 1928, commissioned 20 February 1929. Lieutenant Commander Pieter Schotel had her in 1942. At the Java Sea one of her own depth charges fell overboard and exploded close astern. She damaged her propellers. Doorman ordered her to take Exeter home. She was scuttled at Surabaya on 2 March 1942.
| Class | Admiralen class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Hull | WW |
| Builder | Wilton-Feijenoord, Schiedam |
| Launched | 1928-09-11 |
| Commissioned | 1929-02-20 |
| Fate | Sunk. Not sunk in the Java Sea. Doorman sent her back to Surabaya with Exeter. A bomb hit her forecastle on 1 March 1942. Her crew scuttled her on 2 March. The U.S. Navy narrative says she was lost in dock when bombed. |
| Armament (class) | Dutch destroyer. Four guns and two funnels. |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.
HNLMS Witte de With at Den Helder, about 1935. The pennant WW is on the bow. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Command
Battle of the Java Sea
1942-02-27 · sent back to Surabaya with Exeter. A depth charge of her own fell overboard and damaged her. Not sunk in this battle
