The Ship Model Forum

[quote="EJFoeth"]BTW, you can also ask questions here: http://www.dutchfleet.net/. These people really know their navy, and historians and archive staff post answers.[/quote]
Yea, I am registered on that site, and search through content often (I found the admiralen klasse thread). However, in-depth discussion is almost solely in Nerderlands, and my Nederlands is niet zo goed! :no_2:

Yes! Searching is a bit difficult because they have so much! Note that everything by the NIMH (National Institute of Mililtary History) can be ordered. They also have drawings, see a list here [url]http://www.nationaalarchief.nl/toegangen/pdf/NL-HaNA_4.MST.ead.pdf[/url] ( I can translate ;)).

BTW, you can also ask questions here: [url]http://www.dutchfleet.net/[/url]. These people really know their navy, and historians and archive staff post answers.

Thanks EJFoeth, netherlandsnavy is usually my first stop for all things dutch navy :thumbs_up_1:

I also like to go to http://www.maritiemdigitaal.nl/# for pictures of ships.

Dont forget a visit to [url]http://www.netherlandsnavy.nl/[/url], picture section.

Bob, from what I've worked out so far, it appears that the decks were indeed metal.

However, it was soon recognised that metal decks were not ideal for tropical heat ( :doh_1: ), and it was quite common to employ the use of coconut matting on the decks, which apparently made things a bit more bearable :cool_1:

Did these types of DD's have all metal decks,or wood/linoleum?




Bob Pink. :wave_1:

They're an interesting class of ship.

However, like so many of the NEI ships, they were unfortunately out-dated by 1942. Which is a pity, because they were all lost within months (weeks even?) of Japan declaring war on NEI.

I thought that this topic was on here, at least I thought it was? Oh well. These particular destroyers saw plenty of action and destruction throughout the war and are deserving of a thread all there own.

So, with that in mind lets get the ball rolling! :thumbs_up_1:



Bob Pink. :wave_1: