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ROYAL DUTCH NAVY (NETHERLANDS)

COASTAL FORCES

P17 motor launches (1941-1942)

P17 1942

Names

P17 - 22

Builders

Marine Etablissement te Soerabaja, Java: P17 - 22

Completed

1941 - 1942: P17 - 22

Losses

P17 (3/1942), P18 (3/1942), P19 (3/1942), P20 (3/1942), P21 (3/1942), P22 (3/1942)

Transfers

None

Discarding

None

 

Displacement standard, t

32

Displacement full, t

40

Length, m

24.5

Breadth, m

4.20

Draught, m

1.40

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

950

Max speed, kts

18

Fuel, t

diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

2 x 1 - 12.7/62, 10 DC

Complement

12

Project history: Patrol and guard boats which were a part of the Gouvernementmarine, type "P" were slow-speed, and type "S" were fast. Built on colonial wharfs under own projects, slightly improved from a series to a series.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: All boats were lost or have been destroyed by crews during time of Japanese offensive.

Many thanks to Stanislav Zaplatin for correction of information on this page.

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