HNLMS Kortenaer (1925)

HNLMS "Kortenaer" was an Admiral-class destroyer, named after 17th century Dutch Admiral Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer. She served mostly in the Netherlands East Indies, and when war broke out in 1941 she was at Surabaya.

She took part in Battle of Badung Strait on 18 February – 20 February 1942, where she ran aground on one of the channel shores after temporarily losing rudder control. It was impossible for the Dutch ship to return to the formation, and they had to wait for the next morning tide to free the ship. "Kortenaer" was sent to Surabaya for repairs.

She was back in action in time for the Battle of the Java Sea on 27 February 1942, where she was torpedoed at 17:14 by the Japanese cruiser "Haguro". The commanding officer Alexander Sharp of the nearby United States Navy destroyer, "John D. Edwards", recorded that "Kortenaer" about 700 yards bearing 80° relative was struck on the starboard quarter by a torpedo, blew up, turned over, and sank at once leaving only a jackknifed bow and stern a few feet above the surface.". The Royal Navy destroyer "Encounter" rescued 113 men from the total of 153, including Lieutenant Commander A. Kroese and took them to Surabaya.

The wreck of "Kortenaer" was finally located in 2004.