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	Rear-Admiral Karel Willem Frederick Marie Doorman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Karel Willem Frederick Marie Doorman was born on April 23rd, 1889, at Utrecht and entered the Royal Netherlands Naval College in Den Helder at the age of 17.
		Considering Doorman had earned his wings as a young officer and had a very close connection with the naval air service, he can undoubtedly be qualified as being "air-minded" and must have been aware of the importance of an adequate air reconnaissance.
		Doorman was always asking for assistance from aircraft and, during the last staff conference on February 26th, 1942, he told the Naval Commander Surabaya that he sincerely hoped he could rely on the necessary information and assistance from the air.
	www.geocities.com /dutcheastindies/doorman.html (393 words)

	Karel Doorman
		Karel Willem Frederik Marie Doorman (1889-1942) was a Dutch Admiral (Dutch:schout-bij-nacht) during World War II.
		Karel Doorman commanded a Combined Strike Force of Dutch, American, British en Australian ships that operated around the Dutch East Indies.
		In February 1942 a battle was fought between the Combined Strike Force and a much stronger Japanese task force in the Java Sea[?].
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ka/Karel_Doorman.html (179 words)

	USS Houston (CA-30)
		Receiving word that the major Japanese invasion force was approaching Java protected by a formidable surface unit, Admiral Doorman resolutely determined to meet and seek to destroy the main convoy.
		In the Battle of the Java Sea[?] which followed, Doorman's forces fought valiantly, but were doomed by lack of air cover and communication difficulties.
		Exeter and destroyer Electra were hit by gunfire, Electra fatally, and at 1730 Admiral Doorman turned south toward the Java coast, not wishing to be diverted from his main purpose, the destruction of the convoy itself.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/us/USS_Houston_(CA-30).html (1327 words)

	World War 2 Timelines 1939-1945 - Pacific Naval War 1942 - Worldwar-2.net
		Admiral Fletcher is now convinced that the main Japanese force would make for the Jomard Passage between Papua and the Louisiade Archipelago and so organises his forces for the coming battle.
		Admiral Fletcher then orders a cruiser squadron consisting of HMAS Australia, Hobart, USN Chicago and 2 destroyers to attack the Port Moresby invasion force, but this soon comes under Japanese air attack, although it did divert Japanese attention away from the American carriers.
		Admiral Fletcher now launched a strike from the Yorktown against what he thought was a major Japanese task force, but which turned out to be only 2 light cruisers and 2 gunboats.
	www.worldwar-2.net /timelines/asia-and-the-pacific/pacific-naval-war/pacific-naval-war-index-1942.htm (2342 words)

	Karel Doorman Class - Archived 8/2001
		The Multipurpose (M-Class) or Karel Doorman Class frigate was first deployed in the early 1990s as a replacement for the Wolf and Van-Speyk classes to conduct ocean patrol and escort duties in the North Sea and northeastern Atlantic Ocean.
		Karel Doormans were intended for the blue water environment, and that is increasingly seen as a diminishing threat scenario.
		Karel Doorman, on the other hand, is a very good platform for a navy that is moving in the same direction as the Netherlands, but whose responsibilities involve perhaps fewer open-sea operations in the tempestuous North Atlantic.
	www.forecastinternational.com /archive/ws/ws5309.htm (3594 words)

	Britain.tv Wikipedia - Pacific War
		Admiral Ernest J. King complained that the Pacific deserved 30% of Allied resources but was getting only 15%, used what he had to neutralize the Japanese forward bases at Rabaul and Truk.
		Tokyo sent Vice Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa with nine-tenths of Japan's fighting fleet--it was about half the size of the American force, and included nine carriers with 473 planes, 18 battleships and cruisers, and 28 destroyers.
		Admiral Marc Mitscher, in tactical command of the Task Force 58, with its 15 carriers, was aggressive but Spruance vetoed Mitscher's plan to hunt down Ozawa because Spruance's personal doctrine made it his first priority to protect the soldiers landing on Saipan.
	www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=Pacific_War (7118 words)

	Battle of the Java Sea
		Outgunned, Doorman’s force was unable to engage the invasion fleet, which escaped to the north while the escort vessels were pressing their attack.
		Admiral Doorman was lost along with both of the Dutch cruisers and almost all of their crews.
		Admiral Doorman’s flagship De Ruyter at anchor shortly before the battle of the Java Sea.
	www.awm.gov.au /alliesinadversity/japanese/java.asp (312 words)

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		By the end of 1796, the growing naval strength of Spain and France had forced the RN to abandon the Mediterranean, where Admiral Sir John Jervis' fleet was outnumbered 38 to 13 ships of the line.
		Admiral Jervis sent Captain Calder of Victory in the brig Lively to London with dispatches for their Lordships of the Admiralty.
		Nelson was also promoted to Rear Admiral, although the promotion had been approved beforehand but word of it did not reach Nelson until after the Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
	www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/february/14Feb.txt (2309 words)

	Osprey - When it Counted
		On 15 February 1942 the Dutch Rear Admiral Karel W.F.M. Doorman was off Java in command of a 15-ship Allied task force in the Dutch East Indies consisting of the cruisers HNM De Ruyter, Java, and Tromp, HMS Exeter and HMAS Hobart, and four Dutch and six American destroyers.
		Doorman aimed to sink the transports before they could disgorge their invasion troops to advance on Palembang.15 February, 0800 hours: A floatplane from the cruiser IJN Chokai spotted Doorman's force.
		Doorman would sail on to defeat and death at the Battle of Java Sea on 27 February, when his flagship De Ruyter and the Java were sunk by torpedoes from Japanese destroyers and cruisers.
	www.ospreypublishing.com /content2.php/cid=74 (2879 words)

	Rear-Admiral K.W.F.M. Doorman
		Although Karel Doorman was the son of an army officer, he joined the officer's course at the Naval Institute in 1906, which he completed successfully four years later.
		In compliance with Admiral Helfrich's orders, Doorman continued to sweep the Java sea with his force, until the Japanese invasion fleet was finally sighted on February 27.
		In honor of Admiral Doorman, the only two Dutch aircraft carriers and lastly, a new frigate were named after him.
	www.netherlandsnavy.nl /Men_doorman.htm (608 words)

	Remembering 1942 - HMAS Perth [Australian War Memorial]
		They were under the command of the Dutch Admiral Karel Doorman.
		Admiral Doorman drew away from the Japanese force but then turned to renew the attack.
		Both of the Dutch cruisers were hit by torpedoes and sank, taking Admiral Doorman with them.
	www.awm.gov.au /atwar/remembering1942/perth/talk.htm (1373 words)

	The Australians at War Film Archive - 36
		This occurred on 25 February and on the same day a large convoy of Japanese ships carrying its eastern taskforce was spotted 320kms northeast of Surabaya where Dutch Rear Admiral Karel Doorman was based.
		Doorman's amalgamated fleet or Western Striking Force of Dutch, US, Australian and British ships steamed out to intercept the convoy with orders to destroy it.
		Doorman had gone down with his flagship De Ruyter.
	www.australiansatwarfilmarchive.gov.au /aawfa/campaigns/RAN_4.html (295 words)

	VON STOCKHAUSEN
		Admiral Karl Doenitz, the commander of Germany’s dreaded U-boat (submarine) fleet is holding his daily staff conference when Leutnant Hans-Gerrit von Stockhausen, his Signals Staff Officer, interrupts the meeting to show him the intercept.
		On February 1942 the Dutch-Allied fleet under Admiral Karel Doorman is destroyed in the Battle of the Java Sea and on March 9 the badly outclassed KNIL forces defending Java surrendered to the Japanese.
		Hans Gerrit old boss Admiral Doenitz is appointed the new Fuhrer of the German state and he promptly surrenders thus ending the war in Europe.
	hometown.aol.com /vifa7/ww2.html (1208 words)

	Maritime Disasters of WWII 1942, 1943
		Flagship of the Allied Force Commander, Rear Admiral Karel Doorman RNN, the ship was hit by a torpedo from the Japanese heavy cruiser Haguro at 23.32pm and sank taking the lives of 366 men including Admiral Doorman.
		At the Nuremberg Trials, Grand Admiral Doenitz was accused of a war crime by signing the order, but was acquitted on that charge only to spend 11 years and 6 months in prison for other war crimes.
		The San Francisco, flagship of Admiral Callaghan, was badly damaged during the Battle of Cape Esperance in which she received forty-five major hits from the Japanese battleship Hiei.
	members.iinet.net.au /~gduncan/maritime-1a.html (9976 words)

	goDutch.com :: Bronze plaques acknowledge fallen of 1942 Java Sea Battle
		The Karel Doorman-led flotilla sailed on February 26 to foil a Japanese landing at East Java.
		Doorman was on his flagship ‘De Ruyter,’ which was joined by another heavy cruiser - US ‘Houston’ - three light cruisers - ‘Java,’ the British ‘Exeter’ and the Australian ‘Perth’ - and five destroyers — the Dutch ‘Kortenaer’ and ‘Witte de With, and the British ‘Electra,’ ‘Jupiter’ and ‘Encounter.’
		The Karel Doorman Monument at the Kembang Kuning cemetery was unveiled in 1954.
	www.godutch.com /windmill/newsItem.asp?id=912 (511 words)

	Alden
		While she lay in that port, the British Admiral Sir Tom Phillips, the newly designated Commander in Chief, Eastern Fleet, flew to Manila for conferences with Admiral Hart on 5 and 6 December.
		Later that same day, 26 February, the commander of the ABDA striking force, the Dutch Rear Admiral Karel Doorman, called a meeting of his commanders, and promulgated his plans to meet the Japanese.
		Doorman's force again swept along the north coast of Madura, but then, after having found the waters clear of enemy shipping, at 2212 on 26 February reversed course.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/a5/alden.htm (5057 words)

	OpinioNet(tm) - Contributed Commentary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Doorman’s force had no radar, and no air cover as the Netherlands Air Force commander based at Surabaya had decided to use his eight remaining Brewster Buffaloes in order to cover a futile dive-bomber attack on the Japanese transports.
		Doorman was also deprived of a potential ally in the ensuing fight.
		Doorman soon found himself maneuvering in an attempt to keep the Japanese fleet from “crossing his T”, a tactical position which would give them the advantage of concentrating their fire on the head of his line.
	www.conservativetruth.org /opinionet/archives/ww2/03-01-02.shtml (1787 words)

	History / Articles - USN_1942_2E - Warships of World War II
		Admiral William H. Standley, USN (Ret.), former Chief of Naval Operations (1935-1937), is named Ambassador to the USSR.
		As Doorman's ships--two Dutch light cruisers, a Dutch flotilla leader, one British heavy cruiser, one Australian light cruiser, four Dutch destroyers and six American--heads toward its objective, Dutch destroyer Van Ghent runs aground on a reef north of Banka Island; irreparably damaged, she is scuttled; sistership Banckert takes off the crew (see 15 February).
		Admiral William D. Leahy writes to President Roosevelt that he expects a recall "for consultation" since the French have not responded positively to Roosevelt's message of 11 February.
	warships.web4u.cz /histmain.php?language=E&file=USN_1942_2E (5255 words)

	Paradox Interactive Forums - Four Dutch women - A dutch AAR
		Karel and I are waiting eagerly for prime minister Colijn’s announcement to boost the economy of the colonies.
		Admiral Karel Doorman used his support and transport ships to lure Germany into an attack and then to counter.
		Admiral Doorman was able to evacuate nearly all man although the Java was fired upon by German Field Guns.
	www.europa-universalis.com /forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=67586 (2231 words)

	The Definitive Guide to Battle of the Java Sea XXXX (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		On February 13, the remaining Dutch and American ships, under the command of Dutch Admiral Karel Doorman, fought the Battle of Palembang, an unsuccessful attempt to prevent the Japanese from capturing the major oil port in eastern Sumatra.
		On February 19, the Japanese First Air Fleet, under Admiral Chuichi Nagumo, attacked and wrecked the port at Darwin in northern Australia which rendered it useless as a supply and naval base to support operations in the East Indies.
		Yet Admiral Doorman vowed to engage the Japanese at all costs.
	www.xxxx.com /s/Battle_of_the_Java_Sea (1198 words)

	Alden DD-211
		The international climate making It dangerous to keep the Asiatic Fleet deployed to Chinese waters, Admiral Thomas C. Hart (who had reheved Admiral Yarnell as CINCAF in July 1939) withdrew it—with the exception of the river gunboats on the Yangtze and South China Patrols—to the Philippines in late 1940.
		Later that same day, 26 February, the commander of the ABDA striking force, the Duteh Rear Admiral Karel Doorman ealled a meeting of his commanders, and promulgated his plans to meet the Japanese.
		Doorman's force agam swept along the north coast of Madura but then, after having found the waters elear of enemy shipping at 2212 on 26 February reversed course.
	www.navyhistory.com /destroyer/Aldendd211.html (4287 words)

	Netherlands/Indies
		Admiral Doorman's flagship, de Ruyter, was torpedoed and heavily damaged just before midnight, and over 300 people would die, including Doorman.
		[Accounts vary as to the exact time his ship was hit and, also, as to the time that she finally went down.] Before his ship sank, Admiral Doorman ordered the USS Houston and the HMAS Perth to retire to Batavia and to not take on survivors.
		The Allied defeat enabled Japan to begin the land invasion of Java on March 1st, and the Dutch East Indies capitulated to the Japanese on March 8th.
	www.hennekes.com /indies.htm (1423 words)

	Chapter-34 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		MN Chief of Staff, Admiral Lemonnier, is to report on the situation after events in the South China Sea.
		Admiral Hart opposes too a Singapore based strategy as he sees Singapore and Malaya hopeless now that the Force "Z" is gone.
		He stresses the fact that if the US Navy is to contribute as high as one CA, one CL and 18 DDs this striking force, defending Darwin and escorting convoys to Darwin are the two most important strategical issues.
	users.domaindlx.com /fantasque/original/Chapter-34.htm (7835 words)

	Though designed to inhibit explosive competition in capital warship construction among the recently victorious powers
		To catch the Admiral Graf Spee the French and British put together eight separate hunting groups, of which Force G comprised the South American division reinforced by the Royal New Zealand Navy's HMNZS Achilles, a sister to the Ajax.
		Successive probes by Doorman s reorganized group against the Japanese transports were successfully parried by the enemy, the Allies being forced back to the point where the limping Exeter again became involved.
		After dark, disaster struck as Doorman was killed when both his Dutch cruisers were sunk, but the Exeter and her remaining screen meanwhile made Surabaya safely.
	www.xsouth.freeserve.co.uk /exeterarticle.htm (1588 words)

	HNMS Java
		Both De Ruyter and Java were sunk minutes apart around midnight, by 24" Japanese torpedoes from Japanese Cruisers Nachi and Haguro.
		The De Ruyter was the flagship of Admiral Karel Doorman, and carried the flag of the multi-national 'Allied Fleet' or ABDAFLOAT.
		Admiral Doorman, along with 345 of his crew, went down with the ship.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /ships/hnms/java.html (153 words)

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