The commander of the submarine Hr.Ms. O13.
This page (1) is in memory of commander E.H. Vorster. For the last letter send from Dundee by the Sea Commander 1st Class Edward Herbert Vorster, click
here.
Ranks and placement on Hr. Ms. O13:
1923-08-13:
In service for a 4 year training at the Royal Institute for the Navy at Willemsoord
in Den Helder as midshipman: E.H. Vorster, J.F. van Dulm, and others.
1927-08-16:
Appointed lieutenant (Ltz3) III, E.H. Vorster, J.F. van Dulm, a.o.
1929-08-16:
Appointed lieutenant (Ltz2) II, E.H. Vorster, J.F. van Dulm, a.o.
1939-02-11:
Appointed lieutenant (Ltz1) I, E.H. Vorster, J.F. van Dulm, a.o.
1939-10-06:
Lieutenant (Ltz1) I, E.H. Vorster, replaces lieutenant (Ltz1) I,
J.F. van Dulm, as commander of the submarine Hr. Ms. O13.
Other facts about old hand commander E.H. Vorster in chronological order:
1927-09-15: Stationed at the Barracks of the Submarine Service at Willemsoord.
1928-03-31: Lieutenant (Ltz3) III, E.H. Vorster, designated for the service in
East-Indië, follows his destination per s.s. “Sibajak”, which departs from Rotterdam
on 16 May.
1928-05-12: Ltz1 S. Woldringh and Ltz3 E.H. Vorster leave next Wednesday by
motor-vessel "Sibajak" to East-Indië.
1932-05-03: Transferred from Hr. Ms. sub "K III" to Hr. Ms. sub "K XII" as chief officer
1932-07-12: Ltz3 E.H. Vorster has departed from Tandjong-Priok on 29 June on board
the motor vessel “Johan van Oldebarnevelt” to return to the Netherlands again.
1932-09-21: Lieutenant (Ltz3) III, E.H. Vorster, recently returned from East-Indië
to be stationed again at the Barracks of the Submarine Service at Willemsoord.
1935-01-12: The état-major of Hr. Ms. submarines "K. XVI" and "K. XVII", departed 7
January from Nieuwediep to East-Indië to be in service there, consists: for the sub
"K. XVII": of Cmt J.A. de Gelder, Ltz2 E.T. Vorster, Ltz2 J.H. Scheltema de Heere, a.o.
1936-08-18: Transferred from Hr. Ms. "K XVII" to the Submarine Service.
1936-08-29: East-Indië. Transferred from the Submarine Service to Hr. Ms. "K XV"
1936-12-31: East-Indië. Transferred from Hr. Ms. "K XV" to the Submarine Service.
1937-02-13: Lieutenant (Ltz2) II, E.H. Vorster is a member of the état-major of the
dutch cruiser Hr. Ms. “Java”, which will return to Holland next month.
1937-06-16: Stationed at the Barracks of the Submarine Service at Willemsoord.
1938-02-19: On 21 Februari 1938 Ltz2 E.H. Vorster has been stationed on board of
Hr. Ms. “Schorpioen”, and designated to be part of the shoot-committee.
1939-02-02: Lieutenant (Ltz2) II, E.H. Vorster is present as one of the members
of the Dutch Navy in the official transfer of the polish ORP “Orzel” to the
Polish Navy:
The first build Polish sub in the Netherlands at the yard of “De Schelde”.
1939-10-06: Lieutenant (Ltz1) I, E.H. Vorster,
replaces lieutenant (Ltz1) I, J.F. van Dulm, as the commander of Hr. Ms. O13.
- All information on this page has been gathered from pre war dutch papers.
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