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Hendrikus Abraham Waldemar Goossens
November 19th 1909, Willem I (Java)		† May 13th 1973, 's Gravenhage
Ranks			Decorations
Adelborst	year 1927		MWO. 4	1944, 8 Dec
Ltz. III	1930, 28 Aug		NL. 3
Ltz. II	1932, 28 Aug		ON. 5
Ltz. I	1941, 15 Nov		BK	1945, 26 Jul
Kapt.ltz.	1951, 1 Feb		MH. 3
Kaptz.	?		OHK. 4
Sbn.	1960, 1 Sep		XXX
Retirement	1963, 1 Feb		HMJB. 25
			HMB. en C
			IM.1948
			KNOC
			MNSF. 3
			DSO	1945, 15 Dec
			LMA. 4
			MVP. 1
Submarine Commands Hr.Ms. "O 9"   1938, 10 August - 1938, 21 October Hr.Ms. "O 7"   1938, ? - 1939, 12 December Hr.Ms. "O 10"   1938, 1 December - 1939, 1 August Hr.Ms. "O 9"   1940, 25* May - 1942, 3** February Hr.Ms. "O 14"   1942, 16 February - 1943, 26 June Hr.Ms. "Zwaardvis (1)"   1943, 23 November - 1945, 23 March * 22 May is often reported but is probably incorrect. ** 5 Feb is often reported but is probably incorrect.
Chronology 1938, 10 August - 1938, 21 October   Cdt. Hr.Ms. "O 9" 1938 - 1939, 12 December   Cdt. Hr.Ms. "O 7" 1938, 1 December - 1939, 1 August   Cdt. Hr.Ms. "O 10" 1940, 25* May - 1942, 3** February   Cdt. Hr.Ms. "O 9" 1942, 16 February - 1943, 26 June   Cdt. Hr.Ms. "O 14" 1943, 23 November - 1945, 23 March   Cdt. Hr.Ms. "Zwaardvis" 1945, 1 Nov - ?   Temporary Adjutant of Her Majesty the Queen 1948, 1 Jan - ?   Special Adjutant 1954, 23 April - ?   Cdt. Naval Institute Willemsoord * 22 May is often reported but is probably incorrect. ** 5 Feb is often reported but is probably incorrect.
World War II submarine operations Attacks ≈ 13     Sunk ≈ 10 ships ≈ 6.500 tons Damaged ≈ 2 ships ≈ 7.000 tons Mine laying   -     Recon missions   1     Special ops   -
Civilian career -
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Notes Nickname: ? Came up with "Zwaardvisch (1)"'s motto. Father of R.B. Goossens (#5819). Father-in-law of W.G. Uythoven (#5002).

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