Nias-class gunboat

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COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Hr.Ms. Zeven Provincien en het gouvernementsschip Nias in de Baai van Tapanoeli TMnr 60023133.jpg
Nias (front) and De Zeven Provinciën
Class overview
NameNias
Builders
  • Koninklijke Maatschappij de Schelde, Flushing (2)
  • Huygens en van Gelder, Amsterdam (2)
OperatorsNaval Jack of the Netherlands.svg  Royal Netherlands Navy
Completed4
General characteristics
Type Gunboat
Displacement
  • 680 tons
  • 810-820 tons (full load)
Length53.9 m (176 ft 10 in)
Beam9.44 m (31 ft 0 in)
Draught3.69 m (12 ft 1 in)
Propulsion1,300 ihp (970 kW), two shafts
Speed12.9 knots (23.9 km/h)
Complement97
Armament
  • 3 × 12 cm (4.7 in) Nias
  • 2 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) (2 × 1) rest
  • 1 × 7.5 cm (3.0 in)

The Nias-class was a class of four colonial schroefstoomschepen 4e klasse (gunboats) built by Huygens en van Gelder in Amsterdam and Koninklijke Maatschappij de Schelde in Flushing for the Royal Netherlands Navy. The class comprised Nias, Mataram, Edi and Serdang.

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Description

The ships were 53.9 metres (176 ft 10 in) long, had a beam of 9.44 metres (31 ft 0 in), a draught of 3.69 metres (12 ft 1 in), and had a displacement of 680 tons and 810-820 tons at full load. The ships had a top speed of 12.9 knots (23.9 km/h). The main armaments of the ships were two 10.5 cm (4.1 in) single guns and one 7.5 cm (3.0 in) gun. Nias carried three 12 cm (4.7 in) guns instead of the two 10.5 cm (4.1 in) the others had. [1] The ship had a complement of 97 men.

Construction

NameBuilderLaid downLaunchedCompletedFate
Nias Huygens en van Gelder189411 July 189521 January 18961907 to Gouvernementsmarine
Mataram Huygens en van Gelder189518966 January 18971 Februari 1916 training ship for local personnel in East Indies, 24 May 1927 decommissioned.
Edi De Schelde189618971 June 18971 November 1910 to Gouvernementsmarine.
Serdang De Schelde189615 May 189715 September 18971921 minelayer, 1926 auxiliary tasks, Scuttled off Surabaya 6 March 1942

Service history

All ships were meant to serve in the Dutch East Indies.

Nias

Nias was laid down in 1894 at the shipyard of Huygens en van Gelder at Amsterdam and launched in 1895. She began service in the Dutch East Indies in 1896. [1] In February 1902 she was tasked with the defense of a newly built settlement at Merauke in New Guinea. [2] In 1907 she was moved to subsidiary duties.

Mataram

Mataram was laid down in 1895 at the shipyard of Huygens en van Gelder at Amsterdam and launched in 1896. She began service in the Dutch East Indies in 1897. [1] In 1916 she was moved to subsidiary duties and served as instruction vessel for the newly found Kweekschool voor Inlandse Schepelingen in Makassar. [3]

Edi

Edi was laid down in 1896 at the shipyard of Koninklijke Maatschappij de Schelde at Flushing and launched in 1897. She began service in the Dutch East Indies in 1897. [1] In 1910 she was moved to subsidiary duties.

Serdang

Serdang was laid down in 1896 at the shipyard of Koninklijke Maatschappij de Schelde at Flushing and launched in 1897. She began service in the Dutch East Indies in 1897. [1] In November 1904 she followed the Russian fleet that was steaming for Japan as it passed east of Sumatra. [4] 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, Borneo 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. [5] Serdang was in 1921 converted into a minelayer and in 1932 into a torpedo repair ship. She eventually scuttled during World War II off Surabaya on 6 March 1942.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Koloniaal verslag van 1898, Bijlage C [5.4], p. 6
  2. ↑ "scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 1902" . Retrieved 2014-03-10.
  3. ↑ "scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 1916" . Retrieved 2014-03-10.
  4. ↑ "scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 1904" . Retrieved 2014-03-10.
  5. ↑ "scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 1905" . Retrieved 2014-03-10.

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