Mijnenlegger I

History
Netherlands
Name	Mijnenlegger I [1]
Operator	Royal Netherlands Navy
Builder	Marine Etablissement te Soerabaja
Laid down	1942
Fate	Destroyed on 2 March 1942 [2]
General characteristics [2]
Type	Minelayer
Displacement	1,900 t (1,900 long tons)
Propulsion	4,800 hp (3,600 kW)
Speed	19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Armament	2 x 10.2 cm cannons 40 mm machine guns

Mijnenlegger I was a planned minelayer for the Royal Netherlands Navy. ^{[3] [4]} However, before the ship could be completed the Japanese invaded the Dutch East Indies and as a result the ship was destroyed to prevent it from being captured. ^[1] If the ship had been completed it would have been the largest and fastest minelayer of the RNN at the time. ^[2]

Design and construction

Mijnenlegger I was ordered in 1941 at the Marine Etablissement te Soerabaja in the Dutch East Indies. ^{[2] [3]} The next year, in 1942, the ship was laid down. ^[4]

Armament

As the ship was still in the early phase of being constructed it was not yet fully decided what kind of armament the minelayer would be equipped with. ^[2]

Notes

Citations

1. Roetering (1997), p. 15.
2. von Münching (1978), p. 71.
3. Bosscher (1986), p. 382.
4. Raven (1988), p. 181.

Bibliography

• Bosscher, Ph.M. (1986). De Koninklijke Marine in de Tweede Wereldoorlog (in Dutch). Vol. 2: Indië tot en met 8 maart 1942. Wever. ISBN   90-6135-372-6.
• Mark, Chris (1997). Schepen van de Koninklijke Marine in W.O. II (in Dutch). De Alk. ISBN   90-6013-522-9.
• Raven, G.J.A., ed. (1988). De kroon op het anker: 175 jaar Koninklijke Marine (in Dutch). De Bataafsche Leeuw. ISBN   90-6707-200-1.
• Roetering, B., ed. (1997). Mijnendienst 1907-1997 90 jaar: feiten, verhalen en anekdotes uit het negentigjarig bestaan van de Mijnendienst van de Koninklijke Marine (in Dutch). ISBN   90-90-10528-X.
• von Münching, L.L. (1978). Schepen van de Koninklijke Marine in de Tweede Wereldoorlog (in Dutch). Alk. ISBN   90-6013-903-8.