Battle of Arafura Sea

During the Battle of Arafura Sea ( 15 January 1962 ) brought the Dutch navy last sink a ship.



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[verbergen]  *1 Background  ==Following [  edit ] == Dutch New Guinea, formerly part of the Dutch East Indies , was in 1949 , pending a final settlement, outside of the transfer of sovereignty to Indonesia held. This was the source of a protracted conflict between theNetherlands and Indonesia, a conflict that in 1962 led to a military confrontation.
 * 2 Motor Torpedo Boats
 * 3 Reconnaissance Aircraft
 * 4 Hr. Ms. Evertsen
 * 5 Consequences
 * 6 External link

In January 1962 Indonesia intensified the already started infiltrating the disputed area by soldiers who were brought in by sea. Later would also be deployed paratroopers. The purpose of all this was to destabilize Dutch New Guinea and Netherlands as to put pressure. The Battle of Arafura Sea marks the beginning of the campaign. ==[Motor  Torpedo Boats edit ]  == A motor torpedo boat Jaguar ClassOn the evening of 15 January neared four motor torpedo boats of the Jaguar Class of young Indonesian Navy from Tanjung Priok New Guinea with the goal of dropping about 100 infiltrators to put on the residents there against the Dutch rulers. One of these motor torpedo boats stranded on the road with engine trouble, the others continued their course. ==[Reconnaissance  aircraft edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">]  == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Dutch maritime intelligence Marid had knowledge of the Indonesian attempted infiltration, therefore, there was patrolled by reconnaissance aircraft. 21:37 hours Dutch reported Lockheed P-2 Neptune Biak-5 over four high-speed flying passing boats. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[1] From Hollandia came bearing the command illuminate and attack. The plane threw flaresoccasionally wanted a salvo firing the machine gun aboard . However, the flares ignited and refused the machine gun. The motor torpedo boats answered this Dutch 'attack' with shots on the plane. ==Hr. Ms. Evertsen <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The shelling of the plane was the Dutch frigate Hr. Ms. Evertsen reason to go on the attack. The motor torpedo boat Macan Tutul was here sunk, <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[2] a second ran on a reef and a third was hit by shots from a distance. Dutch ships could save most of the crew Macan Tutul. Among the three dead from the sunken ship was Commodore Yos Sudarso who was in charge of the operation. He is now a hero in Indonesia and the island Yos Sudarso been renamed after him. ==<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[Effects  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == State Secretary Bot on the incident<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Later it turned out that the motor torpedo boats not torpedo 's had with them to provide more space for infiltrators. The Dutch were 'lucky' that the machine gun from the plane refused and they do not first opened fire. This government could easily dismiss the attack as a response to Indonesian aggression.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Militarily, the Indonesian action had been turned into a fiasco, but the psychological effect was significant. Netherlands was understood by this action given that the war would have to perform if it continued to refuse to hand over the disputed territory to Indonesia.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Soviet Union, an ally of Indonesia, an ultimatum stated: twelve existing submarines of the Soviet Navy would bring all foreign ships to sink from August 5, 1962. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[3] On August 15, 1962 Indonesia and the Netherlands signed after mediation by US diplomat Ellsworth Bunker in New York an agreement whereby control on Dutch New Guinea was transferred to the United Nations Temporary Executive Authority, which would transfer sovereignty to Indonesia in 1963.