HNLMS Banckert (1929)

HNLMS Banckert (Hr.Ms. Banckert) was a of the Royal Netherlands Navy. She served during World War II.

Service history
The ship was laid down on 15 August 1928 at the Burgerhout's Scheepswerf en Machinefabriek in Rotterdam and launched on 14 November 1929. The ship was commissioned on 14 November 1930.

On 20 October 1936 the cargo ship Van der Wijck of the Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij  capsized in the Java Sea. A large rescue mission was organized among the ships send to rescue the crew was Banckert. 210 out of a crew of 261 were rescued.

On 14 February 1942 Banckert sister HNLMS Van Ghent got stuck on a reef and her crew was forced to set the ship on fire. The crew was later taken on board Banckert. Both ships were involved in an action to counter an Japanese invasion of Palembang.

24 and 28 February 1942 the ship was attack by Japanese planes and damaged to the point that it was decided to scuttled her on 2 March that year. The Japanese decided to raise the ship and repair her and use her as a patrol boat named 106. Repairs however were never finished and after the war Banckert was found and eventually expended as target ship in the Madura Strait in September 1949.