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ROYAL DUTCH NAVY (NETHERLANDS)

ESCORTS

BELLATRIX patrol ships (1914-1915)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Bellatrix     Rijkswerf Amsterdam     1914 scuttled 1.3.1942
Canopus     Rijkswerf Amsterdam     1915 sunk 5.3.1942
Deneb     Rijkswerf Amsterdam     1915 sunk 4.2.1942

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

763 - 773

Length, m

53.3 pp

Breadth, m

9.00

Draught, m

3.00

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE

Power, h. p.

800

Max speed, kts

12

Fuel, t

oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

Bellatrix: 1 x 1 - 75/52 SA Nr.2

Canopus, Deneb: 2 x 1 - 37/45 Bofors?

Complement

45

Project history: Gouvernementsmarine ships intended for service in East Indies.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Canopus was sunk 5.3.1942 by Japanese aircraft at Tjilatjap, salvaged by Japanese, commissioned by them as Ariake Maru and returned in 1945. Deneb was sunk 4.2.1942 by Japanese aircraft off Riau Archipelago. Bellatrix was scuttled 1.3.1942 at Tanjong Priok, salvaged by Japanese and returned in 1945.

Canopus 1934

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