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The voyages of Dutch Navy Gunboat Hr.Ms.Johan Maurits van Nassau in color! (1939)

1939 · Short film · 18 min

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The Hr.Ms. Johan Mautits van Nassau was built by the Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde in Vlissingen, build number 195. It was launched on July 17, 1931, completed on August 20, 1932 and commissioned on April 5, 1933. The ship's length was 78.65 meters and the greatest width 11.60 meters with a draft of 3.75 meters. It had Triple Expansion engines with 4 Yarrow boilers and a engine power of 2100 HP. The bunker capacity was 273 tons of fuel oil. The speed was only 15 knots, quite slow for a warship. The crew consisted of 124 heads and the armament of 3 guns of 15 cm, 2 of 40 mm, 4 of 12.7 mm and four 7.7 mm machine guns. This film is dedicated to my father who served on this Gunboat from January 1939 until May 1940. A platform was installed at the main mast. This resulted in a small anti-aircraft battery consisting of four 12.7mm machine guns in Solothurn double arrangement. In addition, the bridge was modernized and closed. The ship then departed again on 27 May 1938 for the Strait of Gibraltar, where convoy services continued until 28 September. Ignoring such a call was not an option because it could lead to a 10 months prison sentence. On September 1, 1938 he arrived at Marine Barracks Nieuwediep / Willemsoord, MKWD for short. Entering service was a great experience for everyone like these images show. It was also a lot of lugging with duffel bags and the first evening had to be spent marking the received Marine attire. On 6 October 1938 the Johan Maurits returned to Den…

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Running time
18 minutes
Language
Dutch
Collection
Feature Films

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