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HNLMS Poolster (1939)
Royal Netherlands Navy Auxiliary From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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HNLMS Poolster was a Royal Netherlands Navy auxiliary ship. Originally constructed for the Government Navy as a replacement for HNLMS Hoofdinspecteur Zeeman, she would instead be transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy while still under construction.[1]
Once completed in 1939, she was commissioned into the Royal Netherlands Navy as a seaplane tender and salvage ship. During the Second World War she would also serve as a submarine tender if the opportunity arose.[2]
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Service history
Poolster served throughout the Second World War. Initially in Dutch service until her scuttling in March 1942 as she was unable to escape after the fall of Java. She was raised by Japanese forces in 1943 and continued service there as a salvage ship until sunk by aircraft from USS Saratoga in 1945.[1][2][3][4]
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