| Navy | The Royal Dutch Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Admiralen |
| Pennant | PH |
| Built by | Burgerhout Scheepswerf en Machinefabriek (Rotterdam, Holland) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 16 Aug 1925 |
| Launched | 30 Jun 1927 |
| Commissioned | 25 Jan 1929 |
| Lost | 19 Feb 1942 |
| Loss position | |
| History | HrMs Piet Hein (Lt.Cdr. Jan Marie Lodewijk Ignatius Chömpff) was sunk by gunfire and torpedoes from the Japanese destroyers Asashio and Oshio (both offsite links) during the Battle of Badung Strait. 64 of her crew went down with the ship.
See also this website (offsite link). |
Commands listed for HNMS Piet Hein (PH)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Johannes Stephanus Bax, RNN | 18 May 1940 | 23 Dec 1940 |
| 2 | Jan Marie Lodewijk Ignatius Chompff, RNN | 23 Dec 1940 | 20 Feb 1942 (+) |
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