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ROYAL DUTCH NAVY (NETHERLANDS)

COASTAL FORCES

S1 motor launches (1941)

Names

S1, 2

Builders

Miami SB, USA: S1, 2

Completed

1941: S1, 2

Losses

S1 (3/1942), S2 (3/1942)

Transfers

None

Discarding

None

 

Displacement standard, t

S1: 15

S2: 26

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

S2: 19.2

Breadth, m

S2: 4.65

Draught, m

S2: 1.17

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Hall Scot petrol engines

Power, h. p.

S1: 440

S2: 1260

Max speed, kts

S1: 28

S2: 32

Fuel, t

petrol

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

S1: 1 x 1 - 12.7/62

S2: 4 x 1 - 12.7/62, 8 DCT

Complement

S1: 5

S2: 10

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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