Dundee WW2 Submarine Base - War Memorials

Dutch Submarine O-13

With the invasion of Holland on the 10th May 1940, the Dutch boats in the East Indies remained on station while those in Europe were either captured, sabotaged or escaped to Britain, two of the ‘O9’ class, three of the ‘O12’ class and four of the ‘O21’ Class, as these boats were not suitable for close work in the English Channel, they were sent to operate from Dundee to augment the patrols in open waters around the Norwegian coast.

These waters continued to be good hunting grounds for the allied submarines. The ‘O13’ was sunk by a mine in June 1940

The 10,780 Dutch passenger liner Columbia, the largest ship to berth in Dundee, served as their base ship during 1940-41, she was torpedoed of the Cape of Good Hope in 1943.

The Names on the Memorial

  E.H. Vorster  
H.J.S.M. Albregts G.J. Heikamp H. Reijtenbach
W. Ausum F.J. van Hilst F.H. Rienstra
A.S. van Battum W. van der Hoff D. Schaatsbergen
J.A. Buijs (J.A. Buys) L. Laan C. Selderbeek
J.J.A. Cadot P.L. Lutter J.A. Sillevis
Th. Dam H.P. McDonald * W.J. Snijder
J. Drijver A. Middelink J.H. Speftique (J.H. Spettigue) *
A.P. van Elswijk W.A. de Moel C. van der Veer
C.L. van Gend J.J. Mooldijk J.A. van der  Vliet
B.E. Greswell * J. Nagelhout H. Vukkink
A.C. Havenaar J.O. Niewenhuis (J.O. Nieuwenhuis) W.A.  Wahlers

Three names on the memorial to the O-13 have the wrong spelling - The correct spellings are in red.

Also those marked with an asterix * were 'liason officers'. Each submarine had 3 Liason officers on board.

With many thanks to Cdr (retd) Jouke Spoelstra, RNINavy/Submarine Service

Project "Search for the O-13"

www.stillonpatrol.eu.

The names and ranks of all crewmembers can also be found on the website of the Foundation Relatives Submarines 1940-1945

http://www.onderzeeboot.org/en/

 

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Iain D. McIntosh, Friends of Dundee City Archives

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