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
Netherlands
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:
  • 2 × Yarrow 3-drum boilers
  • 2 × Stork triple expansion engines, 1,600 ihp (1,193 kW)
  • 2 shafts
  • 110 tons fuel oil
Speed: 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement: 45
Armament:
  • 1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun
  • 2 × twin .50-calibre machine guns

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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