Cha112 1943
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| A | 6 | Rijkswerf Willemsoord, Den Helder | 9.1928 | 19.4.1929 | 8.1930 | scuttled 1.3.1942 | |
| B | 7 | Rijkswerf Willemsoord, Den Helder | 9.1928 | 24.9.1929 | 8.1930 | scuttled 2.3.1942 | |
| C | 8 | Rijkswerf Willemsoord, Den Helder | 4.1929 | late 1929 | 8.1930 | scuttled 6.3.1942 | |
| D | 9 | Rijkswerf Willemsoord, Den Helder | 1928 | 1929 | 8.1930 | scuttled 2.3.1942 |
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Displacement standard, t |
179 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
42.8 |
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Breadth, m |
6.00 |
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Draught, m |
1.50 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
1 VTE, 1 water-tube boiler |
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Power, h. p. |
700 |
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Max speed, kts |
14.5 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 40 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 12.7/90, mechanical minesweeping gear |
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Complement |
31 - 38 |
Project history: First Dutch purpose-built minesweepers, designed on the basis of construction of German minesweepers of FM type from the First World War period specially for service in colonies. They had a forecastle and simple machinery.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: A, B, C and D were scuttled at Surabaya in March, 1942. A, B and C were salvaged by Japanese and commissioned as auxiliary submarine chasers Cha113, Cha112 and Cha116; they were lost 23.6.1945, 4.6.1945 and 13.11.1944 respectively.
B
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