Dutch Submarines: Dutch Flotillas, Divisions and Stations

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Dutch Flotillas, Divisions and Stations

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Submarine Division Netherlands


Port	Commander	Period
?	Esq. W.J. van Holthe	1935

O 15	1935	-
O 13	1935	-
O 12	1935	-

Notes
-

Groups based in Curaçao, West Indies


Group	Port	Commander	Period	Flagship
II	Curaçao	H.C.W. Moorman	22 Sep 1937 - 26 Nov 1937	?

Temporary Division for West Indies


Port	Commander	Period	Flagship
Den Helder	Ktz. W.F. van Vreeswijk	22 Jul 1947 - 31 Oct 1947	Van Kinsbergen

Submarine	Period		Notes
Zwaardvisch (1)	22 Jul 1947 - 31 Oct 1947		-
O 23	22 Jul 1947 - 31 Oct 1947		-
Notes
Temporary division for the journey to the Netherlands West Indies.

Submarine Flotilla (Dutch East Indies)
Also called "Flotielle Onderzeeboten / FOZ"


Rank	Name	Period	on board submarine
?	?	?	?
?	J.A. de Gelder	10 Jul 1939 - 16 Feb 1941	O 16
?	J.A. de Gelder	16 Feb 1941 - 28 Apr 1941	K XV
?	J.A. de Gelder	28 Apr 1941 - 9 Sep 1941	O 20
?	A.J. Bussemaker	9 Sep 1941 - 15 Dec 1941	O 20

Temporary Groups in East Indies


Group	Port	Commander	Period	Submarines
I	Soerabaja?	F.W. Coster (K III)	1 Nov 1923 - ?early Jan 1924?	K III and K IV
II	Soerabaja?	J.J. van der Have (K V)	1 Nov 1923 - ?early Jan 1924?	K V and K VI

Submarine Division Dutch Indies
later known as
Submarine Division I (Divisie Onderzeeboten I, DOZ I)


Port	Commander (CDOZ I)	Period
Soerabaja?	W.K. Maurits	15 Jan 1924 - 6 June 1925 (or possibly 1 Mar 1924 - May 1925)
Soerabaja?	J.G. van den Berg	6 June1925 - 15 Feb 1927
Soerabaja?	C.H. Brouwer	?1927 - ?
Soerabaja?	J.L.K. Hoeke	1 June 1928 - 1 June 1931
Soerabaja?	A.S. Pinke (K XI)	1 June 1931 - Apr 1934
Soerabaja?	Esq. W. Boreel	1934 - ?
Soerabaja?	P. Rouwenhorst	1935 - ?
Soerabaja?	J.A. de Gelder	1937? - => 17 Jan 1938 - 5 Dec 1938 17 Dec 1938 - 9 Nov 1940
Soerabaja?	A.J. Bussemaker (O 16)	16 Nov 1940 - 15 Dec 1941

Submarine	Period		Notes
K III	15 Jan 1924 - ?		Flagship and group leader. K III and K IV formed group I -
K IV	15 Jan 1924 - >=1929		K III and K IV formed group I
K V	15 Jan 1924 - 1 Apr 1927 <= 1929 - ?		Group leader. K V and K VI formed group II -
K VI	15 Jan 1924 - 1 Apr 1927 <=1929 - ?		K V and K VI formed group II -
K II	<=1926 - 1 Apr 1927 1931 - 1934 During A.S. Pinke's command of the division.		- Temporarily attached for exercising
K VII	<=1926 - 1 Apr 1927 1931 - 1934 During A.S. Pinke's command of the division.		- Temporarily attached for exercising
K IX	<=1926 - At least Apr 1934		Flagship
K X	At least during A.S. Pinke's command of the division. 1935 - 1936		- -
K XI	1 Apr 1927 - ? At least during A.S. Pinke's command of the division.		Flagship -
K XII	1 Apr 1927 - >=1932 and <=1936		-
K XIII	At least during A.S. Pinke's command of the division. 1935 - 1936		- -
K II	<=1929 - ?		-
O 15	1935		-
O 13	1935		-
K XV	1935 - >=1937		Flagship
K VIII	1935		-
K XIV	Oct 1936 - >=1937		-
K XVI	Oct 1936 - >=1937		Flagship
K XVII	Oct 1936 - >=1937 <= 17 Jan 1938 - <= 8 Dec 1941 =>		- -
K XVIII	<=Oct 1936 - >=1937 <= 8 Dec 1941 =>		- -
O 16	<= 10 Jul 1939 - <= 8 Dec 1941 =>		Flagship

Notes
1 Dec 1941: Active boats placed under British (C-in-C China) operational control (Singapore). In the early days there was only one division so the division names "Submarine Division Dutch Indies" and "Submarine Division" where often used.

Submarine Division II (Divisie Onderzeeboten II, DOZ II)


Port	Commander (CDOZ II)	Period	Notes
Soerabaja?	?	?1926?	Just a temporarily division
Soerabaja?	C.H. Brouwer	1 Apr 1927 - ?1929	Just a temporarily division
Soerabaja?	P. Rouwenhorst	1936 - ?	-
Soerabaja?	J.A. de Gelder	25 Nov 1937 - =< 17 Jan 1938	-
Soerabaja?	M.A.J. Derksema (several boats)	21 Oct 1937 - 11 Apr 1942	-

Submarine	Period		Notes
K X	1926 <= 1 Apr 1927 => 1936 - 1 Dec 1941 - ?		In the temporarily division. Flagship - Replaced K IX.
K XI	1926 1936 - ? <= 8 Dec 1941 =>		In the temporarily division. Replaced by K XVIII -
K II	1 Apr 1927 - ?		In the temporarily division.
K V	1 Apr 1927 - ?		In the temporarily division.
K VI	1 Apr 1927 - ?		In the temporarily division.
K VII	1 Apr 1927 - ?		In the temporarily division.
K XVIII	?1936? - ?		-
K VIII	?		Flagship. Replaced K XIII.
K IX	<= 1 Apr 1927 => ? - 1 Dec 1941 <= ?8 Dec 1941? =>		Replaced by K X. -
K XII	1936 - ? <= 8 Dec 1941 =>		- -
K XIII	1936 - ? 25 Nov 1937 - =< 17 Jan 1938		Flagship. Replaced by K VIII -

Notes
8 Dec 1941: Active boats placed under British (C-in-C Eastern Fleet) operational control (Singapore). In 1926 a temporarily 1st Division was formed. On 1 Apr 1927 a temporarily 2nd Division was formed.

Submarine Division III (Divisie Onderzeeboten III, DOZ III)


Port	Commander (CDOZ III)	Period
Soerabaja?	P.A. Muloch Van Der Vlies Bik (several boats)	16 Aug 1939 - 2 Jan 1940
Soerabaja?	P.A. Muloch Van Der Vlies Bik (several boats)	11 May 1940 - 13 Dec 1941
Soerabaja?	C.A.J. Van Well Groeneveld¹ (several boats)	13 Dec 1941 - 2 Mar 1942

Submarine	Period				Notes
K XIV	<= 18 Nov 1941 - 6 Jan 1942				Flagship
K XV	<= 18 Nov 1941 - 6 Jan 1942		-
K XVI	<= 18 Nov 1941 - 6 Jan 1942			-
1) Temporarily because of ill health of P.A. Muloch Van Der Vlies Bik

Submarine Division IV (Divisie Onderzeeboten IV, DOZ IV)


Port	Commander (CDOZ IV)	Period
?	F.J.A. Knoops (O 19)	31 May 1941 - 18? Dec 1941
?	H.F. Bach Kolling (O 19)	21 Mar 1942 - 29 Jul 1942

Submarine	Period		Notes
O 19	<= 8 Dec 1941 =>		Flagship
O 20	<= 8 Dec 1941 =>		-

Notes
? 1941: Placed under British (C-in-C Eastern Fleet) operational control (Singapore).

Submarine Division V (Divisie Onderzeeboten IV, DOZ V)


Port	Commander (CDOZ V)	Period
?	?	?

Submarine	Period		Notes
K XIV	6 Jan 1942 - 3 Feb 1942		-
K XV	6 Jan 1942 - 3 Feb 1942		-
K XVIII	6 Jan 1942 - 3 Feb 1942		-

Notes
? 1941: Placed under British (C-in-C Eastern Fleet) operational control (Singapore).

Dutch Submarine Flotilla in England


Port	Commander	Period
Portsmouth?	C. Hellingman	16 May 1940 - ?18 June 1940?

Submarines	Name	Period
	O 9	?
	O 10	?
	O 13	?
	O 21	?
	O 22	?
	O 23	?
	O 24	?
	?	?

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