Hydra class minelayer
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders: | Rijkswerf |
| Operators: |  Royal Netherlands Navy |
| Completed: | Two |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 593/657 tonnes |
| Length: | 49.7 m |
| Propulsion: | 800 hp engine |
| Speed: | 11 knots |
| Complement: | 59 |
| Armament: | Hydra: 3 x 75 mm (3 x 1), 2 x .50 MG and 70 sea mines Medusa: 2 x 75 mm HA/LA semi-automatic, 1 x 75 mm L/55 No. 2 semi-automatic, 2 x .50 MG, 1 x .25 MG and 73 sea mines |
The Hydra class was a class of two minelayers of the Royal Netherlands Navy, built to serve in the Dutch East Indies and Dutch territorial waters in Europe. The construction of the ships began in 1910 and was completed in 1912. The ships where build by the shipyard Rijkswerf in Amsterdam. Both ships where still in service during the Second World War. Only the Medusa escaped to the United Kingdom, however. The Hydra was lost after it was fired by an antitank weapon. It sank in the waters off Zeeland
[edit] Ships in class
- Hr. Ms. Hydra (1912-1940)
- Hr. Ms. Medusa (1911-1964)
