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NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C.1941-02. STARBOARD QUARTER VIEW OF THE DUTCH FLOTILLA CRUISER TROMP PRIOR TO THE BADUNG STRAIT ACTION IN WHICH SHE WAS SERIOUSLY DAMAGED. SHE WEARS A SPLINTER TYPE CAMOUFLAGE SCHEME, APPARENTLY OF TWO SHADES OF GREY, COMMON TO DUTCH SHIPS INVOLVED IN THE DEFENCE OF THE NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. NOTE THE SEARCHLIGHT POSITION ON THE FOREMAST. HER FLOATPLANE HAS BEEN LANDED AS HAS HER PORT SAMPSON POST. NOTE THE PROMINENT RANGEFINDER ABOVE THE BRIDGE. ON THE DECKHOUSE AFT ARE TWIN BOFORS 40 MM AA GUNS ON TRIAXIALLY STABILISED HAZEMEYER MOUNTINGS WHICH WERE VERY ADVANCED FOR THE PERIOD. THE VESSEL IN THE BACKGROUND IS A DUTCH GUNBOAT, PROBABLY THE SOEMBA.(NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).
NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C.1941-02. STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE DUTCH FLOTILLA CRUISER TROMP PRIOR TO THE BADUNG STRAIT ACTION IN WHICH SHE WAS SERIOUSLY DAMAGED. SHE WEARS A SPLINTER TYPE CAMOUFLAGE S
NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1941-03-13. AERIAL STARBOARD BOW VIEW OF DUTCH FLOTILLA CRUISER TROMP, AT ANCHOR IN CALM WATER WITH ONE OF HER BOATS AND NATIVE CRAFT ALONGSIDE. SHE IS PAINTED IN HER PRE WAR
SYDNEY, NSW. C.1942. PORT BOW VIEW OF THE DUTCH FLOTILLA CRUISER TROMP AFTER HAVING DAMAGE SUSTAINED IN THE BADUNG STRAIT ACTION REPAIRED. NOTE THE SPLINTER TYPE CAMOUFLAGE SCHEME, THREE SHADES OF GRE
SYDNEY, NSW. C.1942. PORT QUARTER VIEW OF THE DUTCH FLOTILLA CRUISER TROMP AFTER HAVING DAMAGE SUSTAINED IN THE BADUNG STRAIT ACTION REPAIRED. HER PRE WAR COLOUR SCHEME OF LIGHT GREY HAS BEEN SUPERSED
SYDNEY, NSW. C.1942. PORT VIEW OF THE DUTCH FLOTILLA CRUISER TROMP AFTER HAVING DAMAGE SUSTAINED IN THE BADUNG STRAIT ACTION REPAIRED. SHE WEARS A SPLINTER TYPE CAMOUFLAGE SCHEME, OF THREE SHADES OF G
SYDNEY, NSW. C.1943. STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE DUTCH FLOTILLA CRUISER TROMP. THE SPLINTER TYPE CAMOUFLAGE SCHEME WORN EARLIER IN THE WAR HAS BEEN REPLACED BY THE AMERICAN MEASURE 22 SCHEME, THE COLOU
