caption serviceyears branch commands death_date death_place birth_place allegiance awards image_size battles birth_date rank image article_title name
karel doorman in 1930 1906 -- 1942 23px royal netherlands navy combined striking force of abdacom 28 february 1942 java sea , indonesia utrecht , netherlands netherlands 23px knight -lrb- 1942 -rrb- knight of the order of the dutch of lion officer of the order of orange-nassau war commemorative cross the , 2nd class silver cross of the virtuti militari -lrb- military poland -rrb- william order , 3rd class 250px world war ii 23 april 1889 23px schout-bij-nacht karel doorman as lieutenant-commander . jpg karel doorman
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karel doorman

karel willem frederik marie doorman -lrb- 23 april 1889 -- 28 february 1942 -rrb- was a dutch rear admiral who commanded abdacom naval forces , a hastily organized multinational naval force formed to defend the east indies against an overwhelming imperial japanese attack .
doorman was killed and the main body of abdacom naval forces destroyed during the battle of the java sea .
in commemoration , the royal netherlands navy named four ships after him : hnlms `` karel doorman '' -lrb- 1946 -rrb- , hnlms `` karel doorman '' -lrb- 1948 -rrb- , hnlms `` karel doorman '' -lrb- 1991 -rrb- and hnlms `` karel doorman '' -lrb- 2014 -rrb- .
