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Friday, 26 July 2024

Dutch submarine Hr.Ms. O 16 lost according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 23 December 1941

An item referred to the N/A Singapore reporting that the Dutch submarine PH-16 was lost in a British mine field off Muxding with just one survivor.(1)

Note

1. This was the submarine Hr.Ms. O-16. Ordered on 12 April 1933, laid down with yard number 200 by Kon. Maatschappij De Schelde, Vlissingen on 2 January 1935, launched on 27 January 1936. commissioned on 26 October 1936 and lost on 15 December 1941.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 13 dated 23 December 1941.

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