Douwe Aukes 1940
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Van Meerlant | M36 | Gusto, Schiedam | 10.1919 | 23.11.1920 | 7.1922 | to United Kingdom 4.1941, sunk 4.6.1941 | |
| Douwe Aukes | T309, 6.1946- ML1 | Gusto, Schiedam | 10.1919 | 23.1.1922 | 11.1922 | to United Kingdom 3.1941 - 5.1945, minesweeper tender 1948 |
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Displacement standard, t |
687 |
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Displacement full, t |
748 |
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Length, m |
54.8 pp |
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Breadth, m |
8.70 |
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Draught, m |
3.20 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 VTE, 2 Yarrow boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
1000 |
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Max speed, kts |
13 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 115 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
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Armament |
3 x 1 - 75/52 SA Nr.2, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 108 mines |
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Complement |
60 |
Project history: Development of Hydra class with increased dimensions and mine capacity. They can carry on the covered mine deck 87 mines of 1921 type or 108 mines of 1918 type.
Modernizations: 1941, Douwe Aukes: - 2 x 1 - 12.7/90; + 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV
1942, Douwe Aukes: - 2 x 1 - 75/52; + 2 x 1 - 40/39 QF Mk VIII, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV
Naval service: Douwe Aukes and Van Meerlant were transferred to Royal Navy 29.4.1941 and 14.3.1941 respectively. Van Meerlant was lost 4.6.1941 on a mine in a mouth of Thames. Douwe Aukes was returned to the Netherlands in 1945, after war converted to minesweeper tender, stricken 1.2.1962 and sold on demolition 6.7.1962.
Van Meerlant
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