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HNMS Witte de With (WW)

Destroyer of the Admiralen class

NavyThe Royal Dutch Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassAdmiralen 
PennantWW 
Built byWilton-Feijenoord (Schiedam, Holland) 
Ordered 
Laid down28 May, 1927 
Launched11 Sep, 1928 
Commissioned20 Feb, 1929 
Lost2 Mar, 1942 
Loss position
 
HistoryHrMs Witte de With (Lt.Cdr. Pieter Schotel) took part in the Battle of the Java Sea but was ordered to escort the damaged British heavy cruiser HMS Exeter to Soerabaja. She was damaged by a Japanese bomb hitting the fo'c'scle on 1 March 1942 and scuttled the next day along with HrMs Banckert and USS Stewart to prevent her capture by the Japanese.

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