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H.C.W. Moorman
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Henricus Cornelis Willem Moorman
 
July 30th 1899, Roermond † May 5th 1971, 's-Gravenhage

 

         
Ranks No Image Available, please click here if you have an image of this commanding officer. Decorations
Adelborst year 1916 NL. 3 ?
Ltz. III 1919, 16 Aug ON. 2 1959, 9 Jun
Ltz. II 1921, 16 Aug OHK. 1
Ltz. I 1930, 16 Mar OV. 1
Kapt.ltz. 1941, 15 Nov XXXV
Kaptz. 1945, 1 Nov Mk
Sbn. 1947, 1 May NO. 2
Non-active 1949, 1 May LMA. 2  
V.Adm. 1950, 11 Oct MN. 1  
Honourable discharge 1954, 11 Oct MTB  
Retirement 1954, 11 Oct    
       
       
         
Submarine Commands
Hr.Ms. "O 5"   1924, 30 August - 1926, 21 May
Hr.Ms. "M 1" 1924, 30 November - 1926, 21 May
Hr.Ms. "O 7" 1924, 13 December - 1926, 25 June
Hr.Ms. "O 3" ? - 1926, 21 May
Hr.Ms. "O 2" 1925, 3 July - 1925, 29 October
Hr.Ms. "O 8" 1926, 22 May - ?
Hr.Ms. "O 5"   1927, 22 May - 1928, 4 February 
Hr.Ms. "K V"   1929, 1 June - 1930, 1 February 
Hr.Ms. "K IX"   1930, 12 November - 1932, 1 November
Hr.Ms. "K VI"   1932, 1 November - 1933, 16 January
Hr.Ms. "O 12"   1937, 22 September - 1937, 24 December

 

Chronology
1919, 16 August - 1921 Several minor naval vessels in the Dutch East Indies
1921 Transferred to the Submarine Service
1924, 30 August - 1926, 21 May   Cdt. Hr.Ms. "O 5"
1924, 30 November - 1926, 21 May   Cdt. Hr.Ms. "M 1"
1924, 13 December - 1926, 25 June Cdt. Hr.Ms. "O 7"
? - 1926, 21 May Cdt. Hr.Ms. "O 3"
1925, 3 July - 1925, 29 October Cdt. Hr.Ms. "O 2"
1926, 22 May - ? Cdt. Hr.Ms. "O 8"
1927, 22 May - 1928, 4 February    Cdt. Hr.Ms. "O 5"
1929, 1 June - 1930, 1 February    Cdt. Hr.Ms. "K V"
1930 Commander several submarines
1930, 12 November - 1932, 1 November   Cdt. Hr.Ms. "K IX"
1932, 1 November - 1933, 16 January   Cdt. Hr.Ms. "K VI"
1937, 22 September - 1937, 24 December   Cdt. Hr.Ms. "O 12"
1937, 22 September - 1937, 26 November   Senior Naval Officer Curaçao
1937, 22 September - 1937, 26 November   Cdt. Submarine Group II, Curaçao
1939 - 1940 Cdt. Maritieme Middelen at Tandjong Priok (Batavia)
1941, December - 1942, March Staff Officer Organization and International Affairs at Naval Command
 Dutch East Indies
1942, March Tried to flee to Australia on board ms "Tjisaroea" after evacuation of
 personnel and equipment and destroying the harbour of  Tandjong Priok
1942, 4 March - 1943    Japanese POW (Makassar)
1943 - 1945, 23 August    Japanese POW (Batavia and Bandung)
1946, early Back to the Netherlands via the USA
1946, 10 July - 1947 Chief Indonesian sub-committee C.O.G. (Committee behaviour of naval
 personnel in wartime)
1947, 15 January - 1949, 1 May Flag Officer Personnel, Ministry of the Navy

 

Civilian career
1949, 1 May - 1959, 18 May State Secretary of the Navy
1949, May Member of the K.V.P. (Katholieke Volkspartij) party
1950, 23 October - 1952, 2 September   State Secretary  of War
1952, 15 July - 1952, 6 September Member of the Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal
 (House of Representatives) for the K.V.P.
1959 - 1961, December   Member of the defence committee of the Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal
 (House of Representatives)
1959, 20 March - 1967, 23 February Member of the Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal
 (House of Representatives) for the K.V.P.
? - 1967   Member of the 'Board of Advice and Inspection' of the Staatsdrukkerij
 and uitgeverij
(state printing and publishing office)
1961, December - 1967, February   Chairman of the defence committee of the Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal
 (House of Representatives)
1963, January - 1963, April   Chairman of special committee ontwerp-Havennoodwet law of the Tweede
 Kamer der Staten-Generaal (House of Representatives)
1966, September - 1967, 22 February   Chairman committee Suriname and Netherlands Antilles relations of the
 Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal  (House of Representatives)

 

Related books and pages
J.W.L. Brouwer, "Miljarden voor defensie?", in: P.F. Maas en J.M.M.J. Clerx (eds.), "Het kabinet-Drees-Van Schaik
 1948-1951", band C, 231-233
J.W.L. Brouwer, "'De stem van de marine in de ministerraad.Æ Schout-bij-nacht H.C.W. Moorman als
 staatssecretaris van Marine in het kabinet Drees-Van Schaik,  1949-1951
", in: "Politieke Opstellen 9" (1989)
Off-site: Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland 4 ('s-Gravenhage, 1994)
Off-site: www.Parlement.com

 

Notes
Nickname: "De Admiraal"
Normally called "Harry"
Uncle of T.R.L Luijckx (#5100).
Wrote the 1951 Vlootplan (fleet plan), which financially secured the future of the Navy
Honourable member Nederlands-Zuidafrikaanse Werkgemeenschap, from 1963

 

 

Ltz. II H.C.W. Moorman sometime in 1920's, place unknown. (Photo: © Instituut Voor Maritieme Historie - Koninklijke Marine)

Ltz. II H.C.W. Moorman sometime in 1920's, place unknown. (Photo: © IMH - Koninklijke Marine)

 

 

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Edited by co-webmaster Michael A. van der Hoeden.

Main sources: www.parlement.com, various editions of the 'Gedenkboek Adelborsten Opleiding' and 'Naamboek Officieren'.

 

 

 

 

 

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