Prins van Oranje 1933
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Prins van Oranje | De Maas, Slikkerveer | 9.1930 | 10.7.1931 | 2.1932 | sunk 11.1.1942 | ||
Gouden Leeuw | De Maas, Slikkerveer | 9.1930 | 9.9.1931 | 2.1932 | scuttled 7.3.1942 |
Displacement standard, t |
1291 |
Displacement full, t |
~1600 |
Length, m |
65.8 pp 70.0 oa |
Breadth, m |
11.0 |
Draught, m |
3.28 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 VTE, 2 boilers |
Power, h. p. |
1750 |
Max speed, kts |
15 |
Fuel, t |
coal |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
Armament |
2 x 1 - 75/52 SA Nr.2, 2 x 1 - 40/39 QF Mk II, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 150 mines |
Complement |
121 |
Project history: Minelayers for service in the East Indies, designed on the basis of a yacht-minelayer Rigel, but were built in the Netherlands.
Modernizations: 1942, Gouden Leeuw: + 2 DCR, sonar
Naval service: Prins van Oranje on the night of 11.1.1942 was sunk by Japanese destroyer Yamakaze at Tarakan. Gouden Leeuw 7.3.1942 was scuttled at Surabaya.
Gouden Leeuw 1932
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