Military

• Article by Peter Kimenai
• Published on March 25th, 2023

The wolf of Hr. Ms. O16

In the night of December 14 to 15, 1941, the Dutch submarine Hr. Ms. O 16, sailing on the surface in the South-Chinese Sea, hit a Japanese mine. The vessel broke in two and sank within a minute. All crew members below deck went down with her. Of the six crew members on the bridge, only one of them managed to reach land; he survived the accident and reported about it later.