HNLMS Jan van Amstel (1936)
HNLMS Jan van Amstel was a Jan van Amstel-class minesweeper of the Royal Netherlands Navy that served in World War II.
History | |
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Name: | HNLMS Jan van Amstel |
Builder: | P. Smit, Rotterdam |
Laid down: | 21 March 1936 |
Launched: | 27 August 1936 |
Commissioned: | 15 March 1937 |
Fate: | Sunk, 8 March 1942 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Jan van Amstel-class minesweeper |
Displacement: | 460 long tons (467 t) |
Length: | 56.8 m (186 ft 4 in) |
Beam: | 7.8 m (25 ft 7 in) |
Draft: | 2.2 m (7 ft 3 in) |
Propulsion: | |
Speed: | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement: | 45 |
Armament: |
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Service history
Jan van Amstel was damaged by an air attack at Surabaya on 6 March 1942, which killed 23 of her crew.
After the capitulation of all forces on Java Jan van Amstel attempted to escape to Australia, but was intercepted and engaged by the Japanese destroyer Arashio on 8 March 1942 in the Madura Strait. She was sunk with heavy loss of life and her surviving crew taken prisoner.
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