HNLMS Pro Patria (1922)

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Pro Patria
History
Flag of the Netherlands.svgNetherlands
NamePro Patria
OperatorNaval Jack of the Netherlands.svg  Royal Netherlands Navy
BuilderMarine Etablissement te Soerabaja
Laid down1920
Launched17 July 1922
Commissioned20 August 1923
Fate Scuttled on 15 February 1942
General characteristics [1]
Type Minelayer
Displacement
  • 537 t (529 long tons) standard
  • 612 t (602 long tons) full load
Length47 m (154 ft 2 in)
Beam8.6 m (28 ft 3 in)
Draught2.8 m (9 ft 2 in)
Propulsion
  • 1 propeller
  • 650 hp (480 kW)
  • 1 x Triple expansion engine
Speed10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Crew62
Armament

HNLMS Pro Patria was a minelayer of the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNN). [2] She was built in the Dutch East Indies and served between 1923 and 1942 in the RNN. [3]

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Design and construction

Pro Patria was laid down in 1920 and launched on 17 July 1922 at the Marine Etablissement te Soerabaja (MES) in the Dutch East Indies. [1] The ship was commissioned on 20 August 1923. [2] It was the first warship to be fully built at the MES. [4] After being commissioned the ship was also used as listening school and as torpedo work ship (Dutch: Torpedowerkschip). [1]

Service history

During the Second World War the ship mined several waters in the Dutch East Indies. [2] [5]

On 15 February 1942 Pro Patria was scuttled in the Moesi River above Palembang by its crew. [6] [2]

Notes

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 Mark (1997), p. 100.
  2. 1 2 3 4 von Münching (1978), p. 67.
  3. Raven (1988), p. 181.
  4. "H. M. Mijnenlegger „Pro.Patria"". De Indische Courant (in Dutch). 17 August 1923.
  5. Bosscher (1986), p. 245.
  6. Bosscher (1986), pp. 246-247.

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