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MIJENENLEGER 1 minelayer

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Mijenleger 1     Marine Etablissement Soerabaja, Surabaya late 1941 --- --- demolished on the slipway 3.1942

 

Displacement standard, t

1900

Displacement full, t

2000

Length, m

 

Breadth, m

 

Draught, m

 

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

4800

Max speed, kts

19

Fuel, t

diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

2 x 1 - 102/45 BL Mk IX, 2(?) x 2 - 40/56 Bofors, mines

Complement

 

Project history: In the end of 1941 on Surabaya DYd the minelayer for service in the East Indies was laid down. She was never named and in the literature usually designated as Mijnenleger 1. In March, 1942 Mijenenleger 1 was blown up on a slipway in Surabaya.

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