HNLMS ''Witte de With'' ( nl, Hr.Ms. Witte de With) was an , named after the 17th-century Dutch admiral of the same name. She served during

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Service history

The ship was laid down on 28 May 1927, at the shipyard of ''Feijenoord'', in Rotterdam, and launched on 11 September 1928. The ship was commissioned on 20 February 1930. On 16 November 1935, ''Witte de With'', her sister , and the cruiser , made a visit to

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. On 23 August 1936, ''Sumatra'', her sister , and the destroyers ''Van Galen'', ''Witte de With'', and , where present at the fleet days held at

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. Later that year on 13 November, both s and the destroyers , ''Witte de With'', and ''Piet Hein'', made a fleet visit to

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. Before the visit they had practiced in the

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World War II

The ship took part in the Battle of the Java Sea on 27 February 1942. was damaged in the battle and escorted back to Soerabaja by ''Witte de With''. A few days later ''Witte de With'' was attacked and damaged by Japanese planes on 1 March 1942. The next day she was scuttled.

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