The “Tromp” escaped badly damaged, after the raid in Strait Bandung, to Australia. It was repaired in Sydney and was transferred to the US seventh Fleet, where she was only used for escort duties. In 1944 “Tromp” was transferred to the British Eastern Fleet and she was back in action again when this fleet raided the harbours of Sabang and Surabaya.

Many of the Dutch submarines which escaped the NEI in march 1942 were used as transports for sabotage and intelligence-parties, infiltrating in the Dutch East Indies. The most modern of these submarines, the “O19″, succeeded in destroying another two Japanese merchant-vessels in 1945. The most successful Dutch submarines in the Pacific waters, after march 1942, were “O21″,”O23″,”O24″ and “Zwaardvisch”. They were however not escaping from Java but came from the UK.

Also, the Jacob Van Heemskerk (Modified Tromp) along with the Issac Sweers (new Dutch built DD) and 2 of the new Van Galen Class (Former British Napier DD). The Issac Sweers was lost in the Mediterranean, after serving on the West coast of Australia making runs of supplies and bringing back Australian and Dutch troops from Timor.

The Jacob Van Heemskerk was used by the British Eastern Fleet and was a part of the TF’s that fled the Japanese attacks on Ceylon in April 1942.

It was the (ex HMS “Nonpareil”) “Tjerk Hiddes” who supplied the Aussie and Dutch guerrillas on Timor. “Isaac Sweers” participated with three British destroyers in the battle at Cape Bon, were they sank the Italian light cruisers “Alberico da Barbiano” and “Alberto di Giussano”. In February 1942 she was sent to the Pacific where she stayed only a couple of months. She was back in the UK in September 1942. “Isaac Sweers” participated in operation “Torch” and was sunk during this operation, on November 13th 1942 by U-431.