Shipbucket

The ship was used for convoy duties in the Northern Atlantic and so also served with Dutch Mechant ships. She was converted to MAC Carrier in the UK and served with a Dutch crew. The planes were from the No. 860 (Dutch) amd 861 (Dutch) Squadrons. The planes did sink one submarine which later ...

Very nice. But one thing does not seem correct to me. The three high calibre AA gunturrets seem to be somewhat low at the side of the ship and the flightdeck looks to straight for me and Akagi had a somewhat more bended flightdeck.

Just another tip. on the bow of the ship, you can see the small 'rail' steps leading down in front of the anchor. On photos they do not run so far down as shown on the drawing, but just to the same hight as the porthole. Nice detail is that on Hr. Ms. Sumatra, the same steps are situated more above ...

Off course, logical. I have looked at all the photos I have of the ship and on every photo it was painted in the colour of the flank of the ship at that location, so brown should in my vieuw not be the best colour used. But just my opinion.

Her a nice large photo of that area on the other flank of the ship, the boom here is grey.


Photo: www.dutchfleet.net

Found one other thing, the brown stripe on the side, what is it supposed to be? The "walking planc" was higher and further aft and the line at that place I see on photos, always seem to be in the same colour as the flank.

Yes found one with the right colours, taken in 1941


Photo: dutchfleet.net

Okay, pittifull this has yet been the only actial photo I have been able to find in camouflage.

Nice ones Alvama, can we be seeing some K-classes submarines soon, and perhaps the modern O class? On the Java I am not sure about the camouflage pattern however, I think the dark and light should be reversed and altered a bit: http://www.go2war2.nl/artikel-afb/9058100916192259g.jpg Photo ...

Caroline is due to be put out of 'action' this year. The plan is to keep it as a museum ship. Restoration is in discussion, but in discussion only, no plans to actually do that. The ship will be held 'in commission' with the Royal Navy until a satisfactury future has been established.