Name Banckert Commissioned 14 November 1930 Launched 14 November 1929 Builder Burgerhout | Laid down 15 August 1928 Construction started 15 August 1928 Length 98 m | |
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Fate Sunk as targetship 1949 Displacement 1,316 long tons (1,337 t) standard1,640 long tons (1,666 t) full load | ||
HNLMS Banckert (Dutch: Hr.Ms. Banckert) was a Admiralen-class destroyer of the Royal Netherlands Navy. She served during World War II.
Service history
Banckert was laid down on 15 August 1928 at the Burgerhout's Scheepswerf en Machinefabriek in Rotterdam. She was launched on 14 November 1929. The ship was commissioned on 14 November 1930.
On 20 October 1936 the cargo ship Van der Wijck of the Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij capsized in the Java Sea. Banckert was among a large rescue mission sent to recover the crew of Van der Wiick. The rescue mission was able to save 210 sailors from Van der Wiick out of a crew of 261.
On 14 February 1942 Banckert's sister Van Ghent got stuck on a reef and her crew was forced to set the ship on fire. The crew was later taken on board Banckert. Both ships were involved in an action to counter a Japanese invasion of Palembang.
Between 24 and 28 February 1942 the ship was attacked by Japanese planes and damaged to the point that she had to be scuttled on 2 March of that year. The Japanese decided to raise the ship and repair her, and they continued to use her as a patrol boat named 106. However, the repairs were never finished and after the war Banckert was found and eventually expended as a target ship in the Madura Strait in September 1949.