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( Lightvessel ) Orion
Built in 1912 at Surabaya, East Java, for the Gouvernemental Dienst van bebakening en kustverlichting / Lighthouses & Buoys.
Some years before WW II she was rebuild into an unmanned lightvessel, on station near Balikpapan, East Borneo. On 22-01-1942 gunfire of the Dutch submarine K XVIII made her to sink down to keep her out of Japanese hands. She's also seen on one of the Zwaantjesdroogte pictures.
Info: [url=http://go2war2.nl/picture.asp?pictureid=7060]Orion[/url]
Keywords: Indonesia;Lightship;Java sea;Java;Historic

Built in 1912 at Surabaya, East Java, for the Gouvernemental Dienst van bebakening en kustverlichting / Lighthouses & Buoys.
Some years before WW II she was rebuild into an unmanned lightvessel, on station near Balikpapan, East Borneo. On 22-01-1942 gunfire of the Dutch submarine K XVIII made her to sink down to keep her out of Japanese hands. She's also seen on one of the Zwaantjesdroogte pictures.
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Album name:	Hans de Graaf / Indonesia
Rating (2 votes):	(Show details)
Current status:	Dead
Construction details:	1912
Displayed:	735 times
Date added:	Nov 09, 2012
DateTime Original:	2012:11:05 10:55:05
Keywords:	Indonesia / Lightship / Java sea / Java / Historic
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