Willem Harmsen, RNN
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| Ranks
Retired: 1 Apr 1946 Decorations
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Warship Commands listed for Willem Harmsen, RNN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HNMS Campbeltown (I 42) | kapitein-luitenant ter zee (Cdr.) | Destroyer | 17 Jan 1941 | 15 Oct 1941 |
| HNMS Isaac Sweers (G 83) | kapitein-luitenant ter zee (Cdr.) | Destroyer | 30 Dec 1941 | 13 Nov 1942 |
| HNMS Jacob van Heemskerck (D 20) | kapitein ter zee (Capt.) | Light cruiser | 30 Apr 1943 | 27 May 1944 |
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Events related to this officer
Destroyer HNMS Isaac Sweers (G 83)
10 Jan 1942
The British destroyer HMS Legion (Cdr. R.F. Jessel, DSC, RN) and the Dutch destroyer HrMs Isaac Sweers (Cdr. W. Harmsen) attack the German submarine U-374 with depth charges. The submarine manages to escape but is damaged and unable to submerge again.
U-374 is sunk two days later by the British submarine HMS Unbeaten (Lt.Cdr. E.A. Woodward, DSO, RN).
11 Nov 1942
The Dutch destroyer HrMs Isaac Sweers (Capt. W. Harmsen, RNethN) and the British destroyer HMS Porcupine (Cdr. G.S. Stewart, RAN) together pick up 241 survivors from the Dutch troop transport Nieuw Zeeland that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-380 about 80 miles east of Gibraltar in position 35º57'N, 03º58'W.