# Albertus Samuel Pinke

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'''Albertus Samuel "Ab" Pinke''' (14 October 1894 – 8 July 1966) was a [vice admiral](/source/vice_admiral) in the [Royal Netherlands Navy](/source/Royal_Netherlands_Navy) (RNLN).<ref>{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |title=Albertus Samuel Pinke, RNN |url=https://uboat.net/allies/commanders/5501.html |website=uboat.net}}</ref><ref>Bosscher and Busssemaker (2007), p. 39.</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=van Dissel |first=A.M.C. |date=February 2012|title=Uit de kluis van Hr.Ms. Ruyter |url=https://marineblad.nl/images/Marineblad/2010-2019/2012/Marineblad%201%20februari%202012.pdf|magazine=Marineblad |volume=122 |issue=1 |pages=30-33|language=Dutch}}</ref> Between 25 January 1946 and 30 September 1949 he was commander of the naval forces in the [Dutch East Indies](/source/Dutch_East_Indies), during the [Indonesian War of Independence](/source/Indonesian_War_of_Independence).<ref name="Huygens2013">{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=12 November 2013 |title=Pinke, Albertus Samuel (1894-1966) |url=https://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/bwn1880-2000/lemmata/bwn1/pinke |website=Huygens ING |language=nl}}</ref>

==Early life==
Albertus Samuel Pinke was born on 14 October 1894 in [Heerde](/source/Heerde), the Netherlands, as son of Frederik Pinke and Johanna Maria Willemina Carpentier Alting.<ref name="Huygens2013" /><ref name="PinkeNN">{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |title=Vice-Admiral A.S. Pinke |url=https://www.netherlandsnavy.nl/Men_pinke.htm |website=netherlandsnavy.nl}}</ref> Frederik Pinke was a naval officer in the [Royal Netherlands Navy](/source/Royal_Netherlands_Navy) who served between 1 May 1912 and 1 February 1914 as commander of the naval forces in the [Dutch East Indies](/source/Dutch_East_Indies).<ref>Raven (1988), pp. 162-163.</ref>

==Military career==
===Interwar Period===
In 1928 Pinke was part of a supervisory committee that observed the testing of a new bubble capture system that [Inkavos](/source/Inkavos) had developed to eliminate bubbles when firing torpedoes from torpedo tubes.<ref name="B&B31">Bosscher and Busssemaker (2007), p. 31.</ref> During his time on the committee he observed the trials aboard the [HNLMS ''O 6''](/source/HNLMS_O_6) and contributed to the final report in which it was concluded that the system did not meet expectations.<ref name="B&B31" />

===Indonesian War of Independence===
On 25 January 1946 Pinke was appointed commander of the naval forces in the [Dutch East Indies](/source/Dutch_East_Indies) as replacement for [Conrad Helfrich](/source/Conrad_Helfrich).<ref>{{cite magazine |last=de Moor |first=J.A. |date=2005 |title=Boeken bespreking: Operaties in de Oost |url=https://militairespectator.nl/sites/default/files/bestanden/uitgaven/militaire_spectator_5_2005.pdf |magazine=Militaire Spectator |volume=174|issue=5 |pages=246–247 |language=nl}}</ref> As commander naval forces Dutch East Indies he repeatably urged the Dutch government to strengthen the presence of the Royal Netherlands Navy in the Dutch East Indies during the [Indonesian War of Independence](/source/Indonesian_War_of_Independence).<ref>Schoonoord (2012), pp. 28-34.</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=de Kruijf |first=T. |date=1991 |title=Boeken: Vlootvoogd in de knel|url=https://militairespectator.nl/sites/default/files/bestanden/uitgaven/MS%201991-10.pdf |magazine=Militaire Spectator |volume=160|issue=10 |pages=469–470 |language=nl}}</ref> In particular he wanted the RNLN to perform patrol tasks to stop the smuggling of weapons and infiltration by Republican forces.<ref>Teitler (1987), pp. 330-331.</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Martin Hoekstra |date=11 November 2021 |title=Patrouilles in een notendop |url=https://militairespectator.nl/artikelen/patrouilles-een-notendop |website=Militaire Spectator |language=nl}}</ref> He also firmly opposed transferring these patrol tasks to the Dienst van Scheepsvaart.<ref>Raven (1988), p. 20.</ref> Furthermore, he warned of the dangers that a foreign country could potentially start supporting the Republican forces with equipment if the fight dragged on too long, which might shift the power balance.<ref>Schoonoord (2012), p. 34.</ref>

==References==
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===Bibliography===
*{{cite book |last1=Bosscher |first1=Ph.M. |last2=Bussemaker |first2=H.O. |date=2007 |title=Gelouterd door strijd: De Nederlandse Onderzeedienst tot de val van Java, 1942 |language=nl |location=Amsterdam |publisher=De Bataafsche Leeuw |isbn=978-90-6707-614-2}}
*{{cite book |editor-last=Raven |editor-first=G.J.A. |date=1988 |title=De kroon op het anker: 175 jaar Koninklijke Marine |language=nl|location=Amsterdam |publisher=De Bataafsche Leeuw |isbn=90-6707-200-1}}
*{{cite book |last=Schoonoord |first=D.C.L. |date=2012 |title=Pugno pro patria: de Koninklijke Marine tijdens de Koude Oorlog |language=nl|location=Franeker |publisher=Van Wijnen |isbn=978-90-5194-455-6}}
*{{cite magazine |last=Teitler |first=G. |date=1987 |title=Marine, generaal Spoor en eerste politionele actie: juli-augustus 1947|url=https://militairespectator.nl/sites/default/files/bestanden/uitgaven/MS%201987-08.pdf |magazine=Militaire Spectator |volume=156|issue=8 |pages=327–333 |language=nl}}

==External links==
* [https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/archief/2.21.130 Archive of A.S. Pinke at the National Archives of the Netherlands]

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