Smeroe-class minesweeper

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Class overview
NameSmeroe class
BuildersSoerabaja Drydock Co., Surabaya & Verenigde Prauwenveren, Batavia
Operators Royal Netherlands Navy
Preceded byDEFG class
Succeeded byKeeten class
In service1941–1946
Planned6
Completed3 (+1 under Japanese occupation)
Lost3
Retired3
General characteristics
TypeMinesweeper
Displacement80 tons
Length22.7 m (74 ft 6 in)
Beam4.35 m (14 ft 3 in)
Draught1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Propulsion1 × 135 ihp (101 kW) Caterpillar diesel engine
Speed10 knots (19 km/h)
Complement14
Armament
  • 1 or 2 × 7.7 mm (0.30 in) Lewis gun
  • Potentially also 1 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Machine gun

The Smeroe class was a class of six minesweepers. Based on the DEFG-class minesweeper, these ships were originally supposed to be small personnel and cargo transports but were converted for minesweeping while still under construction with the optional conversion back to transport for peacetime usage under the Government Navy.[1][2][3]

Ships of class

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Name Construction yard Completed Fate
Rindjani Soerabaja Drydock Co., Surabaya 1941 Escaped to Australia after the Battle of the Java Sea. Served as a minesweeper stationed at Fremantle, returned to NEI after the war and served as a tug until at least 1946
Merbaboe Soerabaja Drydock Co., Surabaya 1941 Escaped to Australia after the Battle of the Java Sea, returned to the NEI after the war and served at least until 1946
Smeroe Soerabaja Drydock Co., Surabaya 1941 Escaped to Australia after the Battle of the Java Sea, returned to the NEI after the war and served at least until 1946
Merapi Verenigde Prauwenveren, Batavia Never commissioned Scuttled on slipway 2 March 1942
Slamat Verenigde Prauwenveren, Batavia Never commissioned Scuttled on slipway 2 March 1942
Tjerimai Verenigde Prauwenveren, Batavia 1942 in Japanese service Scuttled on slipway 2 March 1942, repaired by Japanese forces as submarine chaser Cha 101. Sunk by American aircraft near Celebes on 8 April 1945.

Citations

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  1. ^ Mark, Chris (1997). Schepen van de Koninklijke Marine in W.O. II. Alkmaar: De Alk. ISBN 978-90-6013-522-8.
  2. ^ Helfrich, Conrad Emile Lambert (1950). Memoires van Admiraal Helfrich Amsterdam: Elsevier.
  3. ^ von Münching, L.L. (1978). Schepen van de Koninklijke Marine in de Tweede Wereldoorlog (in Dutch). Alkmaar: De Alk. ISBN 90-6013-903-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
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