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rescued the 32 survivors, having dropped depth charges throughout the remainder of the night to keep sharks away. Seven men, including the commander were found to be missing. The commander was known to not have been wearing his life vest, which may have also been the cause of the other six deaths. An
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began to take on water at the screw shafts. The hatch was opened and with no enemy ships in sight, the machine guns were not manned or prepared. The commander decided to empty a fuel tank to escape even faster, which rose the sub even higher in the water exposing the diesel exhaust pipes. Due to
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The submarine was badly damaged; the commander decided then that there was no hope for escape and ordered all hands on deck. He then ordered that the submarine be scuttled by flooding all the main ballast tanks. The submarine submerged, still running at full speed, as the crew floated above. The
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with her searchlight and opened fire. The shot missed. The commander now ordered the machine guns manned and the ship turned about to fire the torpedoes. She couldn't get in position until after the fourth volley, which struck the conning tower and main hull.
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was shelled so badly it could be seen through easily. The divers retrieved a deck phone from the submarine in order to positively identify it, but otherwise left the wreck alone, as it was likely the gravesite of six seamen and their
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spotted
Japanese destroyers off and on from 17 to 19 December. On 19 December at 7:00, she spied two Japanese transports being escorted by two destroyers. In a few hours a third destroyer joined them. These destroyers were
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destroyer, apparently not noticing that the crew had abandoned ship, followed the submarine, cutting through the crew at 20 knots (37 km/h) and dropped depth charges on the abandoned submarine.
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was spotted by enemy planes which dropped two bombs on the submarine and alerted the destroyers to her presence. The submarine dived and was able to avoid the bombs but the destroyers began to drop
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returned fire with her 40 mm gun. The port side torpedo was ordered to be fired but because of extreme vibrations at such speed, both sides fired and both missed.
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alternative suggestion is that since the six men all worked in the engine room, they may have not been warned in time to evacuate the ship before it was scuttled.
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were given orders to gain position on the enemy ships. The two subs would split paths en route to the target when 13 transports were spotted off
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1754:World War II shipwrecks in the South China Sea
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577:"Dutch Submarines: The O 19 submarine class"
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523:On 12 June 2002 a group of seven Dutch
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535:(65 km; 40 mi) northeast of
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785:List of submarines of the Netherlands
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1779:Submarines sunk by Japanese warships
1769:Maritime incidents in December 1941
457:The destroyers scanned the bay for
172:2 × 2,650 bhp (1,976 kW)
146:80.7 m (264 ft 9 in)
1764:Lost submarines of the Netherlands
162:3.87 m (12 ft 8 in)
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602:Helgason, Guðmundur (2013).
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107:General characteristics
102:Sunk on 19 December 1941
359:Netherlands West Indies
133:1109 tons surfaced
396:. On 14 December 1941
293:Royal Netherlands Navy
252:2 × external amidship
1774:O 19-class submarines
394:British Eastern Fleet
256:tubes (10 mines each)
1136:Alberico da Barbiano
418:Kota Bharu, Malaysia
1142:Alberto di Giussano
664:dutchsubmarines.com
581:dutchsubmarines.com
416:and another 20 off
1337:Patrol Boat No. 33
1331:Patrol Boat No. 32
554:commanding officer
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128:Displacement
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78:15 June 1936
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1614:Oigawa Maru
1483:BRP Banahaw
1473:Connecticut
752:HNLMS
604:"HNMS O 20"
305:sister ship
70:, Rotterdam
46:Netherlands
1759:1939 ships
1743:Categories
1325:Montebello
1196:Corregidor
1067:Takao Maru
985:Windflower
983:HMCS
874:California
833:Shipwrecks
560:References
348:, and the
230:Complement
193:19.5
167:Propulsion
1662:USS
1641:HMS
1630:HMS
1619:USS
1592:USS
1575:USS
1568:USS
1563:Tennessee
1561:USS
1554:USS
1547:USS
1540:USS
1512:HMS
1505:USS
1498:HMS
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