HNLMS Borneo

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Name:Borneo
Builder: J&G Thompson, Clydebank Glasgow
Laid down: 1892
Launched: 1892
General characteristics [1]
Type: Gunboat
Displacement: 800 tons
Length: 53.86 m (176 ft 8 in)
Beam: 9.45 m (31 ft 0 in)
Draught: 4.05 m (13 ft 3 in)
Propulsion: 1,040 ihp (780 kW)
Complement: 102
Armament:
  • 6 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in)
  • 1 × 7.5 cm (3.0 in)

HNLMS Borneo (Dutch : Zr.Ms. later Hr.Ms. Borneo) was a unique schroefstoomschip 4e klasse (gunboat) of the Royal Netherlands Navy built by J&G Thomson in Clydebank Glasgow.

Dutch language West Germanic language

Dutch(Nederlands ) is a West Germanic language spoken by around 23 million people as a first language and 5 million people as a second language, constituting the majority of people in the Netherlands and Belgium. It is the third most widely spoken Germanic language, after its close relatives English and German.

Gunboat naval watercraft designed for bombardment of coastal targets

A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies.

Royal Netherlands Navy Naval warfare branch of the Netherlands armed forces

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Description

The ship was 53.86 metres (176 ft 8 in) long, had a beam of 9.45 metres (31 ft 0 in), a draught of 4.05 metres (13 ft 3 in), and had a displacement of 800 tons. The main armaments of the ship were six 10.5 cm (4.1 in) guns and one 7.5 cm (3.0 in) gun. The ship had a complement of 102 men. [2]

Service history

Borneo was laid down in 1892 at the shipyard of J&G Thomson in Clydebank Glasgow and launched 24 November 1892. She began service in the Dutch East Indies in 1894. [2]

Dutch East Indies Dutch possession in Southeast Asia between 1810-1945

The Dutch East Indies was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia. It was formed from the nationalised colonies of the Dutch East India Company, which came under the administration of the Dutch government in 1800.

On 11 September 1905 the ship took part in an expeditions to South Celebes. She was part of a naval force consisting of De Ruyter, Hertog Hendrik, Serdang and two ships of the Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij. The ships where engaged in operations against the lord of Loewoe. An infantry battalion and a marine landing party were set ashore near Palope and later that day the soldiers and marines took the lord's palace. [3]

Sulawesi island of Indonesia

Sulawesi, formerly known as Celebes, is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago. Within Indonesia, only Sumatra, Borneo and Papua are larger in territory, and only Java and Sumatra have larger populations.

HNLMS <i>De Ruyter</i> (1901)

HNLMS De Ruyter was a Koningin Regentes-class coastal defence ship (pantserschip) of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The ship was built by the Maatschappij voor Scheeps- en Werktuigbouw Fijenoord in Rotterdam just after the turn of the 20th century. The ship participated in two colonial expeditions in the Dutch East Indies. She made several journeys to show the flag and was finally decommissioned in 1923.

HNLMS <i>Hertog Hendrik</i>

HNLMS Hertog Hendrik was a Koningin Regentes-class coastal defence ship (pantserschip) of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The ship was built at the Rijkswerf in Amsterdam at the start of the twentieth century. She was the first ship in the Dutch navy to be equipped with wireless communication. The ship took part in two expeditions to South Celebes and during the Spanish Civil War she performed convoy duties. During World War II she was captured by the invading German forces and converted into an anti-aircraft battery. After the war the ship was recovered and given back to the Netherlands, to be converted into an accommodation ship.

From 1906 and onward she served as a survey vessel. [4]

Survey vessel Type of research vessel

A survey vessel is any type of ship or boat that is used for mapping. It is a type of research vessel.

Notes

  1. ↑ Johnston, Ian (2000). Ships for a Nation. Clydebank. p. 321. ISBN   0953773612.
  2. 1 2 Koloniaal verslag van 1898, Bijlage C [5.4], p. 6
  3. ↑ "scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 1905" . Retrieved 2014-03-10.
  4. ↑ "maritiemdigitaal.nl" . Retrieved 2014-03-10.

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