Douwe Aukes class minelayer

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Class overview
Builders: Gusto
Operators: Naval flag of Netherlands Royal Netherlands Navy
Completed: Two
General characteristics
Displacement: 687  tonnes
Length: 55  m
Propulsion: 1175 hp engine
Speed: 13  knots
Complement: 60
Armament: 3 x 75 mm L/55 semi-automatic, 2 x .50 MG, 1 x .25 MG40 and 87 sea mines


The Douwe Aukes class was a class of two minelayers of the Royal Netherlands Navy, built to serve in the Dutch territorial waters. The construction of the ships began in 1919 and was completed in 1922. The ships where build by the shipyard Gusto from Schiedam. Both ships where still in service during the Second World War and they both escaped to the United Kingdom, the Douwe Aukes on 14 May and the Van Meerlant on 18 May 1940. The Van Meerlant did sunk in 1942 in British service after a mine explosion.

[edit] Ships in class

  • Hr. Ms. Douwe Aukes (1922-1966)
  • Hr. Ms. Van Meerlant (1922-1942)

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