Government Navy

The Government Navy (Dutch: Gouvernements Marine or Gouvernementsmarine, GM) was a Dutch naval force in the former Dutch East Indies and Dutch New Guinea between 1861 and 1962. It succeeded the Civil Colonial Navy (Burgerlijke Koloniale Marine) of 1815 and existed alongside the Indies Military Navy (Indische Militaire Marine) until 1930, when the latter was disbanded and the Government Navy was militarized between 1939 and 1941.^[2]

You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in German. (November 2023) Click [show] for important translation instructions.

View a machine-translated version of the German article.
Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia.
Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article.
You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Wikipedia article at [[:de:Gouvernementsmarine]]; see its history for attribution.
You may also add the template {{Translated|de|Gouvernementsmarine}} to the talk page.
For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Dutch. (November 2023) Click [show] for important translation instructions.

View a machine-translated version of the Dutch article.
Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia.
Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article.
You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Dutch Wikipedia article at [[:nl:Gouvernementsmarine]]; see its history for attribution.
You may also add the template {{Translated|nl|Gouvernementsmarine}} to the talk page.
For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

Quick Facts Active, Country ...

Government Navy
Gouvernements Marine/Gouvernementsmarine
Government Navy paddle steamer Barito, 1894
Active	22 August 1861–1 October 1962
Country	Netherlands
Type	Navy
Size	≈58 ships in 1940^[1]
Part of	Ministry of the Colonies
Headquarters	Surabaya
Nickname(s)	"Van Heutsz's Navy" (c. 1900)
Engagements	Aceh War World War II Indonesian War of Independence Operation Trikora

After the Pacific War and the Indonesian National Revolution that followed, the GM existed until the handover of Dutch New Guinea to the United Nations Temporary Executive Authority at the conclusion of the West New Guinea dispute between the Netherlands and Indonesia.^[2] Operating in a civil-administrative role alongside the Royal Netherlands Navy, the Government Navy had been primarily concerned with tasks such as policing and transport.^[3]

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (July 2023)

More information Name, Term of Service ...

Name	Term of Service	Ship
Wink, W.	1 January 1900 – 19 May 1912
Kaan, J.	1 January 1900 – 26 October 1909	Cycloop
Crans, J.V.	25 January 1900 – 17 March 1905	Hazewind
Hondius van Herwerden, J.H	28 March 1900 – 7 April 1903
Vorster, H.	28 March 1900 – 19 June 1900	Zwaluw
Have, D.C. ten	8 Aug.1900 - 22 April 1911	Raaf
Steffens, W.	25 February 1901 – 11 March 1914
Koesveld, P.C. van	14 April 1901 – 16 February 1915	Brak
Berlijn, A.P.	12 October 1901 – 11 June 1904	Bellatrix
Rothmeijer, H.J.F.	4 January 1902 – 2 May 1914	Glatik
Hendriksen, A.	17 January 1902 – 22 March 1912	Albatros
Nix, F.L.	17 January 1902 - 30 Juli 1904	Java
Wetselaar, H.K.	3 September 1904 – 1 August 1913	Pelikaan
Hooghwinkel, J.G.C.	30 July 1904 (?)	Canopus
Overgauw, W.J.J.	26 February 1905 – 16 April 1910
Resner, L.J.	11 April 1905 – 11 December 1906	Zwaan
Ykema, H.C.	22 July 1906 (?)
Kieviet, H.	22 May 1908 – 6 December 1911	Hazewind
Meijer, D.J.	2 May 1913 (?)
Ham, P.J. van der	2 April 1909 – 2 June 1915	Edi
Weel, K.M. van	18 March 1909 (?)
Bijleveld, W.P.	7 June 1909 – 2 September 1915
Stikkel, S.N.	22 August 1909 – 4 November 1915	Aldebaran
Holthuis, B.	20 November 1909 – 26 March 1912	Telegraaf
Groot, J.W.	1 July 1911 – 20 August 1914	Speurder
Doesburg, J.J. van	21 May 1913 (?)	Valk
Kruyt, J.C.	1 May 1913 (?)
Eerde, J.R. van	21 May 1913 (?)
Drijver, W.C.	10 June 1913 (?)	Flamingo
Wijchers, J.A.	17 June 1913 (?)	Spits
Boer, A.J.L. de	14 July 1914 (?)	Argus
Elbers, G.M.A.	15 December 1915 (?)
Molenaar, J.	15 December 1915 (?)	Zwaluw
Staudenmayer, J.L.	18 December 1915 (?)
Heide, G.J. van der	14 June 1916 (?)	Zeeduif
Fenenga, T.	18 December 1918 (?)	Dog
Vooren, J.M.P.	21 December 1918 (?)	Hazenwind
Rozenkrantz, X.W.	23 April 1919 (?)	Argus
Muzerie, C.F.	29 June 1919 (?)	Glatik

Commanders (Gezaghebbers)

References

Wikiwand - on