serdang-class tender
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = Hr.Ms. Serdang.jpg | Ship caption = HNLMS Serdang with three van Berkel floatplanes }} {{Infobox ship class overview | Name = Serdang class | Builders =*Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde Vlissingen (1)
| Operators = {{navy|Netherlands}} | Class before = | Class after = | Subclasses = | Cost = | Built range = | In service range = | In commission range =1896–1942 | Total ships building = 3 | Total ships planned = | Total ships completed = | Total ships cancelled = | Total ships active = | Total ships laid up = | Total ships lost = 1 | Total ships retired = 2 | Total ships preserved = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = | Ship type = Gunboat, later converted to minelayer and then converted again to MTB tender / Seaplane tender | Ship displacement ={{cvt|1290|t|LT|lk=on}} | Ship length = {{cvt|53.9|m|ftin}} | Ship beam = {{cvt|9.44|m|ftin}} | Ship draught = {{cvt|3.69|m|ftin}} | Ship power = {{cvt|1290|hp|lk=in}} | Ship propulsion = *1 x triple expansion boiler with 1 shaft | Ship speed = {{convert|13|kn|lk=in}} | Ship range = | Ship endurance = | Ship boats = | Ship capacity = | Ship troops = | Ship complement = *64 | Ship crew = | Ship sensors = | Ship EW = | Ship armament = *2 × single {{cvt|10.5|cm|in}}
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The Serdang-class tender came into existence due to the rebuilding of the old, but similar {{sclass|Nias|gunboat|0}} and {{sclass|Koetei|gunboat|0}} gunboats. The seven ships of these classes would serve as gunboats until 1921 after which they were either rebuilt as minelayers or decommissioned. Of the ships that were converted into minelayers, three would be rebuilt once more around 1932 into tenders becoming the Serdang-class tenders. {{Cite book |last=Mark |first=Chris |title=Schepen van de Koninklijke Marine in W.O. II |date=1997 |publisher=De Alk |isbn=978-90-6013-522-8 |location=Alkmaar, Holland}}
Construction
class="wikitable" | |
width="120" | Name
! width="90" | Commissioned ! width="90" | Decommissioned ! width="90" | Fate | |
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{{HNLMS|Serdang | 2|link=off}}
| 17 September 1897 | 6 March 1942 | Sccuttled |
{{HNLMS|Koetei | 2}}
| 1898 | 1931 | Transferred to the Gouvernements Marine, later decomissionned |
{{HNLMS|Siboga | 2}}
| 1898 | 1933 | Decomissionned |
Service history
Upon the outbreak of the second world war, only HNLMS Serdang was still in service. She served as a patrol ship and mother ship to motor torpedo boats (MTBs), submarines and seaplanes until the fall of Java. She was then scuttled by her own crew on 6 March 1942 after being unable to escape to Australia.
Citations
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References
- {{cite book|last=Lenton|first=H.T. |title=Navies of the Second World War: Royal Netherlands Navy|year=1967|publisher=Macdonald & Co.|location=London}}
External links
- [http://www.netherlandsnavy.nl/index.html Description of class]
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{{WWII Dutch ships}}