Prins van Oranje class minelayers

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Class overview
Builders: De Maas
Operators: Naval flag of Netherlands Royal Netherlands Navy
Completed: Two
General characteristics
Displacement: 1291  tonnes
Length: 66  m
Propulsion: 1750 hp engine
Speed: 15  knots
Complement: 121
Armament: 2 x 75 mm (2x1), 2 x 40 mm (2x1), 2 x .50 MG (2x1) and 150 sea mines


The Prins van Oranje class was a class of two minelayers of the Royal Netherlands Navy, built to serve in the Dutch East Indies. The construction of the ships began in 1930 and was completed in 1932. The ships where build by the shipyard De Maas from Slikkerveer. Both ships where still in service during the Second World War. Both ships where stationed in the Dutch East Indies and both ships where lost in the war whit Japan.

[edit] Ships in class

  • Hr. Ms. Prins van Oranje (1932-1942)
  • Hr. Ms. Gouden Leeuw (1932-1942)

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