103-go 1943
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 第103号駆潜特務艇 [103-go] (ex-B1) | Marine Establissement, Soerabaja, Netherlands | 1942 | 8.1942 | captured 8.1945, to Australia 9.1945 | |||
| 第105号駆潜特務艇 [105-go] (ex-B2-16) | see note * | 11.1.1943 | 1.1944 | sunk 16.6.1945 | |||
| 第106号駆潜特務艇 [106-go] (ex-B2-16) | see note * | 24.3.1943 | 9.1944 | captured 8.1945, to Netherlands 9.1945 | |||
| 第107号駆潜特務艇 [107-go] (ex-B2-16) | see note * | 27.2.1943 | 1.1945 | captured 8.1945, to Netherlands 9.1945 | |||
| 第108号駆潜特務艇 [108-go] (ex-B2-16) | see note * | 22.4.1943 | --- | captured incomplete 8.1945 | |||
| 第114号駆潜特務艇 [114-go] (ex-B2-16) | see note * | 30.11.1943 | 6/1944 | damaged 15.4.1945, repair incomplete | |||
| 第115号駆潜特務艇 [115-go] (ex-B2-16) | see note * | 30.11./1943 | 9/1944 | captured 8.1945, to Netherlands 9.1945 |
* Dutch B1 - 8 were built by Marine Establissement, Soerabaja, B9 - 12 by Soerabaja Droogdok and B13 - 16 by Palembang Droogdok
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Displacement standard, t |
130 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
42.4 wl 45.5 oa |
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Breadth, m |
5.00 |
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Draught, m |
1.40 |
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No of shafts |
103-go, 114-go, 115-go: 2 105-go, 107-go, 108-go: 4 106-go: 3 |
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Machinery |
103-go, 114-go, 115-go: 2 petrol engines 105-go: 4 Carmouth petrol engines 106-go: 3 Lorraine petrol engines 107-go, 108-go: 4 Lorraine petrol engines |
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Power, h. p. |
103-go, 114-go, 115-go: 1500 105-go, 107-go, 108-go: 1800 106-go: 1200 |
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Max speed, kts |
103-go, 105-go, 114-go, 115-go: 19 106-go: 16.5 107-go, 108-go: 20 |
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Fuel, t |
petrol |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
| Armament |
1 x 1 - 47/40 Yamanouchi, 1 x 1 - 13.2/76, 1 x 1 - 7.7/80, 2 DCT (32) |
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Complement |
18 |
Project history: In 1942 at capture of Dutch East India of a number of small Dutch ships abandoned at retreat has got into Japanese hands. Part from them has been scuttled on shallow water, others were in incomplete condition in yards in Surabaya and Batavia. After repair and completion 18 boats became a part of IJN as auxiliary submarine chasers. There were ex-Dutch patrol boats, captured under construction. All were commissioned by IJN as auxiliary submarine chasers.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: 105-go was sunk 16.6.1945 N off Surabaya by American submarine Hardhead, 114-go was torpedoed 15.4.1945 off Surabaya by submarine Hawkbill and never completely repaired.
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