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A 1950 Our Naval Committe postcard showing 10 Dutch warships lost between 10 and 15 May 1940 during the German attacks invasion including the kanoonneerboot Hr.Ms. Johan Maurits van Nassau flanked by the torpedoboot Hr.Ms. Z 3, the torpedobootjager (destroyer) Hr.Ms. Van Galen, mijnenlegger Hr.Ms. Hydra, mijnenvegers Hr.Ms. Pieter Florisz and Hr.Ms. Abraham van der Hulst, our Noord-Brabant in the bottom left with the kanonneerboot Hr.Ms. Friso alongside, as well as the kanonneerboot Hr.Ms. Brinio, and mijnenlegger Hr.Ms. Bulgia in the distance to the bottom right. NIMH 2158_090416

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