Dutch Minesweeper facts
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During World War II a Dutch minesweeper evaded the Japanese for eight days disguised as an island. The crew covered the decks in cut trees and painted exposed surfaces to look like rocks. They moved only at night and anchored closed to shore by day, eventually escaping to Australia.
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A Dutch minesweeper evaded the Japanese for 8 days disguised as an island.
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In 1942, the HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen, a Dutch minesweeper based in the Netherlands East Indies, successfully disguised itself as a tropical island for several weeks in order to evade Japanese patrols, while withdrawing towards Australia after Allied setbacks in the region during the war.
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During WWII, a Dutch minesweeper, the HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen, camouflaged itself as a tropical island and snuck around Japanese warships and planes for eight days straight, only moving at night to avoid detection.
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During WWII, a Dutch minesweeper, the HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen, camouflaged itself as a tropical island and snuck around Japanese warships and planes for eight days only, only moving around at night.
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In 1941, the crew of the HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen, a Dutch minesweeper, escaped the Netherlands East Indies following Japan’s invasion by disguising the ship as a tropical island.
