HNLMS Eridanus

Class overview
Name	Eridanus class
Preceded by	Gemma
Succeeded by	Fomalhaut
In service	1922–1949
Planned	1
Completed	1
Retired	1
History
Netherlands
Name	Eridanus
Builder	Marine Etablissement, Surabaya
Laid down	1918
Launched	1922
Commissioned	March 1922
Renamed	Enoshima Maru (Japanese service)
Fate	Scuttled 1942 Raised and repaired by Japanese forces in 1943 Transferred to Indonesian Navy in 1949
General characteristics
Type	Patrol boat
Displacement	996 t (980 long tons) standard
Length	56.5 m (185 ft 4 in)
Beam	9 m (29 ft 6 in)
Draught	3.52 m (11 ft 7 in)
Installed power	840  hp (630 kW)
Propulsion	1 × Werkspoor triple expansion
Speed	12.25 knots (22.69 km/h; 14.10 mph)
Complement	54
Armament	2 × 3.7 cm (1.5 in) cannons

HNLMS Eridanus was a Government Navy patrol boat constructed at the Marine Etablissement in Surabaya. She would be militarized by the Royal Netherlands Navy upon the start of the Pacific theatre of World War II. ^[1]

Service history

HNLMS Eridanus was stationed at Tandjong Priok when war broke out. She was soon transferred to Makassar to serve alongside HNLMS Tydeman. She retreated to Surabaya harbor after the fall of Makassar where she was scuttled by her own crew on 2 March 1942 due to the fall of Java and the ship's inability to escape to Australia. ^[2]

Eridanus was raised by Japanese forces on 8 June 1943, repaired and commissioned as the tugboat and recovery vessel Enoshima Maru. After the war the ship was rediscovered in 1946 and recommissioned as a barracks ship. She was transferred to the new Indonesian Navy in 1949. ^[3]

Citations

1. Mark, Chris (1997). Schepen van de Koninklijke Marine in W.O. II. Alkmaar: De Alk. ISBN 978-90-6013-522-8.
2. Von Münching, L.L. (1978). Schepen van de Koninklijke Marine in de 2e wereldoorlog Alkmaar: De Alk. ISBN 9060139038.
3. Bezemer, K.W.L. (1967). Verdreven doch niet verslagen Hilversum: Uitgeversmaatschappij W. de Haan N.V. ISBN 9026920415.