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PRINS VAN ORANJE minelayers (1932)

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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