Koninklijke Marine
The Royal Dutch Navy in the Far East
De Ruyter Class Cruiser
De Ruyter
1/1800 Based
1/1800
1/2400
1/3000
£10.50
£8.50
£6.80
£2.90
WWII-KM-CC01
Serving as ABDA flagship at the start of the Pacific War she took part in ABDA’s three major naval battles in 1942; Makassar Strait where she survived unscathed, Bandung Strait where her escort ships were annihilated and Java Sea where she was heavily damaged, later being ambushed and sunk.
Java Class Cruiser
Java
1/1800 Based
1/1800
1/2400
1/3000
£8.50
£6.50
£4.40
£1.75
WWII-KM-CC02
HNLMS Java was a Java-class cruiser of the Royal Netherlands Navy. She was sunk during the Battle of the Java Sea on 27 February 1942. Struck by a torpedo her stern was blown apart, flooding the engines and setting fire to the AA deck. Capsizing in 15 minutes she lost of 512 of her crew in the Java sea.
Tromp Class Destroyer Leader
Tromp
1/1800 Based
1/1800
1/2400
1/3000
£8.50
£6.50
£4.40
£1.75
WWII-KM-CC03
Tromp was able to deploy to the Far East before the fall of the Netherlands where she served hunting down raiders. She was severely damaged by 11x 5-inch shells fired from Asashio off of Bali at the Battle of Bandung Strait before rejoining the fleet and serving to the end of the war.
Admiralen Class Destroyer Series 1
Van Ghent, Evertsen, Kortenaer & Piet Hein
1/1800 Based
1/1800
1/2400
1/3000
£6.50
£4.50
£2.80
£1.35
WWII-KM-DD01
Part of a new naval rebuild, the 8 ship Admiralen Class in 2 different series was completed by the start of WW2. Built with the assistance of Yarrow & Co from the designs originated, its main armament was 4x 120mm Bofors guns along with a further 2x 75mm No.6 AA guns and Torpedos.
Admiralen Class Destroyer Series 2
Witte de With, Banckert & Van Nes
1/1800 Based
1/1800
1/2400
1/3000
£6.50
£4.50
£2.80
£1.35
WWII-KM-DD02
Sharing the majority of features with their older siblings in series 01 the main difference with the second series was that it was equipped with 4x 120mm Siderius guns with an additional 4x 40mm Vickers AA guns which could not fire at high elevation. All ships of this class were ultimately lost.
Willem van der Zaan Class Minelayer
Willem van der Zaan
1/1800 Based
1/1800
1/2400
1/3000
£4.50
£2.50
£1.40
£0.70
WWII-KM-CM01
One of the most widely travelled and survived ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy, the Zaan served in both Europe and the Far East. She commenced operations by laying 98 tactical sea mines near Den Helder. She was finally decommissioned in February 1970 when she was sold and scrapped.
Jan van Amstel Class Minesweeper
Jan van Amstel, Pieter de Bitter, Abraham Crijnssen & Eland Dub
1/1800 Based
1/1800
1/2400
1/3000
£4.50
£2.50
£1.40
£0.70
WWII-KM-MS02
Although built as a minesweeper, the technical facilities onboard also allowed this class of 12 ships, of which only 9 were completed, were also able to operate as minelayers. Many of the class were lost during the war with only the Abraham Crijnssen surviving as a museum ship until 1997.
A Class Minesweeper
A, B, C & D
1/1800 Based
1/1800
1/2400
1/3000
£4.50
£2.50
£1.40
£0.70
WWII-KM-MS01
These were the first purpose-built minesweepers that the Dutch navy had, all other previous versions being converted tugs. All served in the East Indies where all four ships were scuttled in the Japanese invasion with A, B and C being salvaged and returned to service under the Japanese flag.
Flores Class Gunboat
Soemba
1/1800 Based
1/1800
1/2400
1/3000
£4.50
£2.50
£1.40
£0.70
WWII-KM-PF01
At the start of hostilities with Japan Soemba found herself heavily engaged protecting convoys of merchant ships as the East Indies collapsed. Following her withdrawal to Australia she patrolled the Persian Gulf before joining her sister in the Mediterranean before finishing her war service at Normandy.
K-XI Class Submarine
K-XI, K-XII & K-XIII
1/1800
1/1800
1/2400
1/3000
£4.50
£2.50
£1.40
£0.70
SCW-SP-DD04
The K-XI class was a class of 3 submarines built by Fijenoord Shipyard in Rotterdam. They were built for patrolling Dutch colonial waters with a dive depth of 60 mtrs. All ships were still in service at the start of WWII although K.XIII was soon scuttled whilst under repair at Soerabaja to prevent capture.
K-XIV Class Submarine
K-XIV, K-XV, K-XVI, K-XVII & K-XVIII
1/1800 Based
1/1800
1/2400
1/3000
£4.50
£2.50
£1.40
£0.70
WWII-KM-SS02
The K-XIV class of 5 boats were also designed for the patrolling of Colonial Waters. Heavy skinned and fully rivetted they were able to dive to 80 mtrs although at an increase of 200 tons. It was K-XVI that made the first allied submarine to kill a Japanese warship.
O-16 Class Submarine
O-16
1/1800 Based
1/1800
1/2400
1/3000
£4.50
£2.50
£1.40
£0.70
WWII-KM-SS04
The sole boat of her class O-16 served under the British from the start of the Pacific War. Partially sinking four Japanese troopships in the Bay of Soengei Patani she struck a mine returning to Singapore, sinking and resting 53m down on the sea bed. Only one man survived.
O-19 Class Submarine
O-19 & O-20
1/1800 Based
1/1800
1/2400
1/3000
£4.50
£2.50
£1.40
£0.70
WWII-KM-SS05
This class of two boats were the worlds first submarines to be equipped with snorkels to allow the running of their diesel engines submerged. The nomenclature letter O also highlights that they were the first general purpose submarines of the Dutch navy. Both were lost early in the Pacific War.
