Serdang-class tender
 HNLMS Serdang with three van Berkel floatplanes
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| Class overview | |
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| Name | Serdang class |
| Builders |
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| Operators |  Royal Netherlands Navy |
| In commission | 1896–1942 |
| Building | 3 |
| Lost | 1 |
| Retired | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Gunboat, later converted to minelayer and then converted again to MTB tender / Seaplane tender |
| Displacement | 1,290 t (1,270 long tons) |
| Length | 53.9 m (176 ft 10 in) |
| Beam | 9.44 m (31 ft 0 in) |
| Draught | 3.69 m (12 ft 1 in) |
| Installed power | 1,290 hp (960 kW) |
| Propulsion | 1 x triple expansion boiler with 1 shaft |
| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Complement | 64 |
| Armament |
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The Serdang-class tender came into existence due to the rebuilding of the old, but similar Nias-class and Koetei-class gunboats. The seven ships of these classes would serve as gunboats until 1921 after which they were either rebuilt as minelayers or decommissioned. Of the ships that were converted into minelayers, three would be rebuilt once more around 1932 into tenders becoming the Serdang-class tenders. [1]
Construction
[edit]| Name | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serdang | 17 September 1897 | 6 March 1942 | Sccuttled |
| Koetei | 1898 | 1931 | Transferred to the Gouvernements Marine, later decomissionned |
| Siboga | 1898 | 1933 | Decomissionned |
Service history
[edit]Upon the outbreak of the second world war, only HNLMS Serdang was still in service. She served as a patrol ship and mother ship to motor torpedo boats (MTBs), submarines and seaplanes until the fall of Java. She was then scuttled by her own crew on 6 March 1942 after being unable to escape to Australia.
Citations
[edit]- ^ Mark, Chris (1997). Schepen van de Koninklijke Marine in W.O. II. Alkmaar, Holland: De Alk. ISBN 978-90-6013-522-8.
References
[edit]- Lenton, H.T. (1967). Navies of the Second World War: Royal Netherlands Navy. London: Macdonald & Co.