HNLMS Albatros was a Government Navy vessel serving as patrol ship, seaplane tender and salvage ship. On the outbreak of the Second World War she was militarized and commissioned by the Royal Netherlands Navy.
Service history Albatros served throughout the beginning of the Second World War. After the fall of Java, the ship was scuttled by her own crew as she was unable to escape.
She was raised by the Imperial Japanese Navy and commissioned as a salvage ship. The vessel was returned to the Gouvernements Marine in 1945 she would serve until 1947 when her machinery was written off.
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