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ARDJOENO auxiliary minesweepers (1940-1941)

Cha102 1943

Names

Ardjoeno

Gedeh

Kawi

Lawoe

Salak

Builders

Soerabaja Droogdok, Surabaya: Ardjoeno, Gedeh, Kawi, Lawoe, Salak

Commissioned

1940 - 1941: Ardjoeno, Gedeh, Kawi, Lawoe, Salak

Losses

Ardjoeno (2.3.1942), Gedeh (2.3.1942), Kawi (2.3.1942), Lawoe (2.3.1942), Salak (2.3.1942)

Transfers

None

Discarding None

 

Displacement standard, t

51

Displacement full, t

74

Length, m

26.5 wl

Breadth, m

4.45

Draught, m

1.00

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Carmouth diesels

Power, h. p.

1000

Max speed, kts

15

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 37/45 Hotchkiss, 2 x 1 - 7.7/94, mechanical minesweeping gear

Complement

 

Project history: Former dispatch boats of Gouvernementmarine, converted to minesweepers.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: All were scuttled by crews at Surabaya. In 1942 - 1944 they were salvaged by Japanese and commissioned by IJN as auxiliary submarine chasers Cha102, 104, 109, 110 and 118. Cha109 was lost 14.8.1943, remaining after war were returned the Netherlands and sold.

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