Allied Warship Commanders


Arie van Altena, RNN(R)

Birth details unknown


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Ranks

1 Apr 1931luitenant ter zee 3e klasse (S.Lt.)
16 Dec 1933luitenant ter zee 2e klasse (Lt.)
16 Aug 1942luitenant ter zee 1e klasse (Lt.Cdr.)
1 Mar 1953kapitein-luitenant ter zee (Cdr.)
1 Jun 1957kapitein ter zee (Capt.)


Retired: 1 May 1965

Decorations

Warship Commands listed for Arie van Altena, RNN(R)


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HNMS O 10 (P 10)luitenant ter zee 1e klasse (Lt.Cdr.)Submarine7 Aug 194319 Jul 1944
HNMS Dolfijn (P 47)luitenant ter zee 1e klasse (Lt.Cdr.)Submarine25 Jul 194421 Aug 1944
HNMS Tijgerhaai (P 336)luitenant ter zee 1e klasse (Lt.Cdr.)Submarine28 Mar 19453 Sep 1946

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Submarine HNMS Tijgerhaai (P 336)


4 Apr 1945
HrMs Tijgerhaai (Lt.Cdr. A. van Altena) arrives at Holy Loch from her builders yard for a training period.

21 May 1945
With her initial training completed HrMs Tijgerhaai (Lt.Cdr. A. van Altena) departs Holy Loch bound for Dundee.

23 May 1945
HrMs Tijgerhaai (Lt.Cdr. A. van Altena) arrives at Dundee.

24 May 1945
HrMs Tijgerhaai (Lt.Cdr. A. van Altena) departs Dundee bound for Rotterdam.

26 May 1945
HrMs Tijgerhaai (Lt.Cdr. A. van Altena) arrives at Rotterdam.

30 Jun 1945
HrMs Tijgerhaai (Lt.Cdr. A. van Altena) departs Rotterdam bound for Holy Loch.

2 Jul 1945
HrMs Tijgerhaai (Lt.Cdr. A. van Altena) arrives at Holy Loch for a period of exercises before she will depart for the Far East.

25 Jul 1945
HrMs Tijgerhaai (Lt.Cdr. A. van Altena) is docked at Holy Loch.

27 Jul 1945
HrMs Tijgerhaai (Lt.Cdr. A. van Altena) is undocked.

5 Aug 1945
HrMs Tijgerhaai (Lt.Cdr. A. van Altena) departs Holy Loch for Fremantle, Australia.

For the daily positions of HrMs Tijgerhaai during this passage see the map below.


HrMs Tijgerhaai passage Holy Loch - Bataviaclick here for bigger map

10 Aug 1945
HrMs Tijgerhaai (Lt.Cdr. A. van Altena) arrives at Gibraltar.

11 Aug 1945
HrMs Tijgerhaai (Lt.Cdr. A. van Altena) departs Gibraltar bound for Malta.

15 Aug 1945
HrMs Tijgerhaai (Lt.Cdr. A. van Altena) arrives at Malta.

22 Aug 1945
HrMs Tijgerhaai (Lt.Cdr. A. van Altena) departs Malta bound for Port Said.

26 Aug 1945
HrMs Tijgerhaai (Lt.Cdr. A. van Altena) arrives at Port Said.

28 Aug 1945
HrMs Tijgerhaai (Lt.Cdr. A. van Altena) departs Port Said bound for Aden. She passes the Suez Canal during the afternoon.

2 Sep 1945
HrMs Tijgerhaai (Lt.Cdr. A. van Altena) arrives at Aden.

3 Sep 1945
HrMs Tijgerhaai (Lt.Cdr. A. van Altena) departs Aden bound for Fremantle.

10 Sep 1945
HrMs Tijgerhaai (Lt.Cdr. A. van Altena) passes the equator. 'King Neptune visits the ship'.

13 Sep 1945
HrMs Tijgerhaai (Lt.Cdr. A. van Altena) receives a signal ordering her to proceed to Batavia, Java, Netherlands East Indies instead of Fremantle, Australia.

20 Sep 1945
HrMs Tijgerhaai (Lt.Cdr. A. van Altena) arrives at Tandjong Priok / Batavia.

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