HNLMS Pro Patria was a minelayer of the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNN).[2] She was built in the Dutch East Indies and served between 1923 and 1942 in the RNN.[3]
Pro Patria | |
History | |
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Netherlands | |
Name | Pro Patria |
Operator | Royal Netherlands Navy |
Builder | Marine Etablissement te Soerabaja |
Laid down | 1920 |
Launched | 17 July 1922 |
Commissioned | 20 August 1923 |
Fate | Scuttled on 15 February 1942 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | Minelayer |
Displacement |
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Length | 47 m (154 ft 2 in) |
Beam | 8.6 m (28 ft 3 in) |
Draught | 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Crew | 62 |
Armament |
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Design and construction
Pro Patria was laid down in 1920 and launched on 17 July 1922 at the Marine Etablissement te Soerabaja (MES) in the Dutch East Indies.[1] The ship was commissioned on 20 August 1923.[2] It was the first warship to be fully built at the MES.[4] After being commissioned the ship was also used as listening school and as torpedo work ship (Dutch: Torpedowerkschip).[1]
Service history
During the Second World War the ship mined several waters in the Dutch East Indies.[2][5]
On 15 February 1942 Pro Patria was scuttled in the Moesi River above Palembang by its crew.[6][2]
Notes
Citations
References
- Mark, Chris (1997). Schepen van de Koninklijke Marine in W.O. II (in Dutch). Alkmaar: De Alk. ISBN 90-6013-522-9.
- von Münching, L.L. (1978). Schepen van de Koninklijke Marine in de Tweede Wereldoorlog (in Dutch). Alkmaar: Alk. ISBN 90-6013-903-8.
- Bosscher, Ph.M. (1986). De Koninklijke Marine in de Tweede Wereldoorlog (in Dutch). Vol. 2: Indië tot en met 8 maart 1942. Franeker: Wever. ISBN 90-6135-372-6.
- Raven, G.J.A., ed. (1988). De kroon op het anker: 175 jaar Koninklijke Marine (in Dutch). Amsterdam: De Bataafsche Leeuw. ISBN 90-6707-200-1.
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