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ROYAL DUTCH NAVY (NETHERLANDS)

COASTAL FORCES

S3 motor launches (1942)

Names

S3 - 6

Builders

Miami SB, USA: S3 - 6

Completed

1942: S3 - 6

Losses

S3 (3/1942), S4 (3/1942), S5 (3/1942), S6 (3/1942)

Transfers

None

Discarding

None

 

Displacement standard, t

26

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

19.2

Breadth, m

4.65

Draught, m

1.17

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Hall Scot petrol engines

Power, h. p.

1260

Max speed, kts

32

Fuel, t

petrol
Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

4 x 1 - 12.7/62

Complement

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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