Holland's Navy In East
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Indies
From Our Own Correspondent
Honolulu, Dec. 2.
EN ROUTE from Europe, via the Panama Canal, the Dutch sub marine 0-20 now is in port here for a week’s rest before proceeding to take up station with Holland’s navy patrol of the East Indies.
One of the two largest of Holland’s Navy, the 0-20 is a minelayer, 264 feet long, 1,468 tons displacement, and crew of 38.
She mounts one 3.5 inch gun, two 40-mm. anti-aircraft guns, eight 21inch torpedo tubes and carries 38 mines. She has a surface speed of 20 knots, and nine when submerged.
Holland now has the following war ships in the Indies; Two cruisers, eight destroyers, more than a dozen submarines, seven torpedo motor boats, and 12 minelayers and sweeps.
The submarine is commanded by Lieut.-Commander A. J. Bussemaker.