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Wednesday, 3 October 2018

Dutch communication vessel (ex-Mok I 1940-1954) Hendrik Karssen 1954-1973


Inner harbour Vlissingen, Netherlands 27 September 2018

Pennants in navy service were RC II, Y 807, A 857 and Y8012. Laid down at the navy yard at Den Helder, Netherlands on 21 May 1938, launched on 11 March 1939, commissioned as the Mok I stationed at the navy airport De Mok on Texel, Netherlands on 1 April 1940, escaped to the United Kingdom in May 1940 served at the evacuation of Dunkirk, France but left behind on the beach while she was heavily damaged and captured by the Germans in June 1940, repaired and in German service, after the Second World found back and rebuilt at the navy yard at Den Helder, commissioned as training ship for midshipmen, renamed Hendrik Karssen in 1954 and finally decommissioned on 5 March 1973, sold and now private owned. Displacement 186 tons and as dimensions 37,9 x 6,6 x 1,8 metres. Her crew numbered in navy service 18 men. Horsepower 400 hp and a speed of 12 knots. Armed with 2-2cm machine guns. Netherlands-flagged, IMO 8432998, MMSI 244013000 and call sign PEQC.