| Navy | The Royal Dutch Navy |
| Type | Sloop |
| Class | Flores |
| Pennant | F 66 |
| Built by | Feijenoord (Schiedam, Holland) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 13 Jan 1925 |
| Launched | 15 Aug 1925 |
| Commissioned | 25 Mar 1926 |
| End service | |
| History | Sold to be broken up for scrap on 12 November 1968. For more information on the wartime service of HrMs Flores see this website (offsite link). |
Commands listed for HNMS Flores (F 66)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | kapitein-luitenant ter zee (Cdr.) Jacques Corneille Albert Scholte, RNN | ??? | 20 Feb 1940 |
| 2 | luitenant ter zee 1e klasse (Lt.Cdr.) Jan Gerard Broekhuysen, RNN | 20 Feb 1940 | 7 Jan 1941 |
| 3 | luitenant ter zee 1e klasse (Lt.Cdr.) Fredericus Henricus Maria van Straelen, RNN | 7 Jan 1941 | 11 Jan 1943 |
| 4 | luitenant ter zee 1e klasse (Lt.Cdr.) Johannes Stephanus Bax, RNN | 11 Jan 1943 | 2 May 1944 |
| 5 | luitenant ter zee 1e klasse (Lt.Cdr.) Gerard Koudijs, RNN | 2 May 1944 | 7 Nov 1944 |
| 6 | luitenant ter zee 1e klasse (Lt.Cdr.) Gerard Jacobus Platerink, RNN | 7 Nov 1944 | 22 Nov 1944 |
| 7 | luitenant ter zee 1e klasse (Lt.Cdr.) Anthonie van Miert, RNN | 22 Nov 1944 | 16 Jan 1945 |
| 8 | luitenant ter zee 2e klasse (Lt.) Cornelis Marinus de Jager, RNN(R) | 16 Jan 1945 | 15 Feb 1945 |
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Notable events involving Flores include:
19 Jul 1943
During this day the light cruiser HMS Newfoundland (Capt. W.R. Slayter, DSC, RN, flying the flag of Rear-Admiral C.H.J. Harcourt, CBE, RN), destroyers HMS Laforey (Capt. R.M.J. Hutton, DSO, RN), HMS Lookout (Lt.Cdr. A.G. Forman, DSC, RN), HMS Loyal (Lt.Cdr. H.E.F. Tweedie, DSC, RN) and the dutch sloop HMS Flores (Lt.Cdr. J.S. Bax, RNN) engaged a total of seventeen targets on the east coast of Sicily, including nine batteries, in answer to calls from the army. (1)
13 Oct 1943
Four LCT's (HMS LCT 330, HMS LCT 420, HMS LCT 615 and HMS LCT 619) landed army tanks to the north of the River Volturno estuary. They had a close escort of two ML's (HMS ML 560 (T/Lt. R. Edelsten-Pope, RANVR) and ML 462 (T/S.Lt. J.W. Main, RNVR))
Close fire support was provided by the destroyers HMS Laforey (Capt. R.M.J. Hutton, DSO, RN), HMS Lookout (Lt.Cdr. A.G. Forman, DSC, RN) and the gunboat (sloop) HMS Flores (Lt.Cdr. J.S. Bax, RNN).
Cover for the operation was provided by the light cruiser HMS Mauritius (Capt. W.W. Davis, RN, flying the flag of Rear-Admiral C.H.J. Harcourt, CBE, RN).
During the operation HMS Laforey and HMS Lookout were attacked by enemy fighter bombers and near missed. HMS Laforey suffered two killed and ten wounded. HMS Lookout faired better with one wounded. (2)
Sources
- ADM 234/356
- ADM 53/117903 + ADM 199/641 + ADM 199/2280
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.