HNLMS Banckert (1929)

For other ships with the same name, see HNLMS Banckert.

History
Banckert in 1934
Netherlands
Name:	Banckert
Builder:	Burgerhout
Laid down:	15 August 1928
Launched:	14 November 1929
Commissioned:	14 November 1930
Fate:	Sunk as targetship 1949
General characteristics
Class and type:	Admiralen-class destroyer
Displacement:	1,316 long tons (1,337 t) standard 1,640 long tons (1,666 t) full load
Length:	98 m (321 ft 6 in)
Beam:	9.53 m (31 ft 3 in)
Draft:	2.97 m (9 ft 9 in)
Propulsion:	Parsons geared turbines 3 × Yarrow type boilers 31,000 hp (23 MW) 2 shafts
Speed:	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range:	3,200 nmi (5,900 km; 3,700 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement:	149
Armament:	4 × 120 mm (4.7 in) guns (4×1) 1 × 75 mm (3 in) AA gun 4 × 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns 4 × .5 in (13 mm) machine guns 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (2×3)
Aircraft carried:	1 × seaplane

HNLMS Banckert (Dutch: Hr.Ms. Banckert) was a Admiralen-class destroyer of the Royal Netherlands Navy. She served during World War II.

Service history

Banckert was laid down on 15 August 1928 at the Burgerhout's Scheepswerf en Machinefabriek in Rotterdam. She was launched on 14 November 1929. The ship was commissioned on 14 November 1930.^[1]

On 20 October 1936 the cargo ship Van der Wijck of the Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij capsized in the Java Sea. Banckert was among a large rescue mission sent to recover the crew of Van der Wiick. The rescue mission was able to save 210 sailors from Van der Wiick out of a crew of 261.^[2]

On 14 February 1942 Banckert's sister Van Ghent got stuck on a reef and her crew was forced to set the ship on fire. The crew was later taken on board Banckert.^[3] Both ships were involved in an action to counter a Japanese invasion of Palembang.^[1]

Between 24 and 28 February 1942 the ship was attacked by Japanese planes and damaged to the point that she had to be scuttled on 2 March of that year. The Japanese decided to raise the ship and repair her, and they continued to use her as a patrol boat named 106. However, the repairs were never finished and after the war Banckert was found and eventually expended as a target ship in the Madura Strait in September 1949.^[1]

References

1 2 3 "netherlandsnavy.nl". Retrieved 2013-10-12.
↑ "scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 1936". Retrieved 2013-10-12.
↑ "scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 1942". Retrieved 2013-10-12.

Admiralen-class destroyers

First group	Van Ghent / De Ruyter Evertsen Piet Hein Kortenaer

Second group	Van Galen Witte de With Banckert Van Nes

Preceded by: Wolf class Followed by: Gerard Callenburgh class

List of destroyers of the Royal Netherlands Navy

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in March 1942

Shipwrecks	1 Mar: USS Edsall, HMS Encounter, HNLMS Evertsen, HMS Exeter, USS Houston, USS Pecos, HMAS Perth, USS Pope, Rooseboom, U-656 2 Mar: HNLMS Banckert, USAT Don Esteban, Ha-13, HNLMS K X, HNLMS K XIII, HNLMS K XVIII, HNLMS Koning der Nederlanden, USS Pillsbury, USS Stewart, Toendjoek, HNLMS Witte de With 3 Mar: USS Asheville, USS Perch 4 Mar: HMAS Yarra 6 Mar: HNLMS Pieter de Bitter 7 Mar: Arabutan 8 Mar: HNLMS Eland Dubois, HNLMS Jan van Amstel 10 Mar: Lady Nelson, Kongō Maru, Tenyo Maru, Yokohama Maru 11 Mar: HMS Naiad 12 Mar: Texan 13 Mar: Tama Maru No. 2 14 Mar: U-133 15 Mar: U-503, HMS Vortigern 17 Mar: Île de Batz, San Demetrio 18 Mar: E.M. Clark 19 Mar: Papoose 20 Mar: HMS Heythrop 21 Mar: Vamar 23 Mar: British Prudence 24 Mar: HMS Southwold, U-655 26 Mar: HMS Jaguar, HMS Legion, HMS P39 27 Mar: USS Atik, U-587 28 Mar: HMS Campbeltown, Raceland 29 Mar: Hertford, Z26 30 Mar: U-585

Other incidents	2 Mar: Ruth Kellogg, HMS Walney 4 Mar: HMAS Tambar 5 Mar: Takao Maru 10 Mar: China Maru, Tama Maru No. 2 11 Mar: Komintern 15 Mar: Olean 16 Mar: Irish Willow, U-753 22 Mar: Kingston 25 Mar: Imperial Transport

1941 1942 1943 February 1942 April 1942

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