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Cornelis Hellingman
May 27th 1894, Amsterdam		† June 21st 1979, 's-Gravenhage?
Ranks			Decorations
Adelborst	year 1912		ON. 4
Ltz. III	1915, 31 Jul		BK	1940, 16 Jul
Ltz. II	1917, 31 Jul		OHK. 2
Ltz. I	1926,  4 Feb		XXX
Kaptz. ltz.	1938,  14 Feb		Mk
Kaptz.	1941, 15 Nov		DSO	1940, 16 Oct
Retirement	1945, 1 Dec
Submarine Commands Hr.Ms. "O 5" 1922, 1 May - 1922, 1 June Hr.Ms. "K VI"   1923, 3 December - 1925, 23 February
Chronology 1922, 1 May - 1922, 1 June Cdt. Hr.Ms. "O 5" 1923, 3 December - 1925, 23 February   Cdt. Hr.Ms. "K VI"  1938, 2 November - 1939, 7 April Cdt. Submarine Service 1940, ? - 1940, May Naval Cdt. IJmuiden 1940, 16 May - 1940, 18 June Cdt. Submarine Service at Portsmouth 1940, 18 June - 1941, 18 August S.O.D.S. at Dundee. 1941, 1 May - 1941, 18 August Cdt. submarine tender ss. "Colombia" 1941, 18 August - 1943, 26 April   Cdt. sloop/gun boat Hr.Ms. "Van Kinsbergen"
Civilian career 1944, 17 December - 1945, 1 October   Deputy director Loodswezen (Pilotage Service) at Terneuzen 1946, 8 January - 1949, 1 July Military Council Bijzonder Gerechtshof (Special Court) at 's-Gravenhage 1946, April - 1948, October   Member of Commission Military Decorations 1949, 1 January - ? Vice-president Ampower Corp., New York,  Residence-director at 's-Gravenhage
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Notes Nickname: ? Brother-in-law of G.J. Verwijnen (#1424), Uncle of J.R. Verwijnen (#4208), Cousin of (T.785). In his book "De Koninklijke Marine in de Tweede Wereldoorlog -deel 3" dr. Ph.M. Bosscher writes:  " ....The result of the evacuation in may 1940 is highly influenced by the prosperity of some commanders in carrying out  their orders. For this fact one name may certainly  be mentioned that off kaptz. C. Hellingman, Naval Commander of the Position IJmuiden. He positively influenced the evacuation by playing  a highly risky game in carrying out destroying and blocking activities, hours after the Dutch Capitulation...."

Kaptz. C. Hellingman. (Photo: © Collection J.J. Kragten)

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