Allied Warship Commanders


Jacques Houtsmuller, RNN

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Ranks

9 Oct 1916luitenant ter zee 3e klasse (S.Lt.)
9 Oct 1918luitenant ter zee 2e klasse (Lt.)
1 Apr 1927luitenant ter zee 1e klasse (Lt.Cdr.)
1 Sep 1938kapitein-luitenant ter zee (Cdr.)
16 Aug 1942kapitein ter zee (Capt.)


Retired: 1 Dec 1946

Decorations

Warship Commands listed for Jacques Houtsmuller, RNN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HNMS Isaac Sweers (G 83)kapitein-luitenant ter zee (Cdr.)Destroyer24 May 194130 Dec 1941

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Destroyer HNMS Isaac Sweers (G 83)


13 Dec 1941
The Italian light cruisers Alberico da Barbiano and Alberto di Giussano were torpedoed and sunk off Cape Bon by the Royal Navy destroyers HMS Sikh (Cdr. G.H. Stokes, DSC, RN), HMS Maori (Cdr R.E. Courage, DSO, DSC and Bar, RN), HMS Legion (Cdr. R.F. Jessel, RN) and the Dutch destroyer HrMs Isaac Sweers (Cdr. J. Houtsmuller, RNethN) on a supply mission to Tripoli.

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