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ROYAL DUTCH NAVY (NETHERLANDS)

ESCORTS

SIRIUS patrol ships (1922)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Sirius     Gorinchem   1922 1922 sunk 28.2.1942
Wega     Gorinchem   1922 1922 sunk 26.1.1942

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

1001 - 1015

Length, m

55.6 pp

Breadth, m

9.45

Draught, m

3.28

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE

Power, h. p.

900

Max speed, kts

12.5

Fuel, t

oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

1 x 1 - 75/52 SA Nr.2

Complement

50

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

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Wega was sunk 26.1.1942 by Japanese aircraft at Olele. Sirius was sunk 28.2.1942 by Japanese aircraft NW off Java.

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