Computer line drawing made by Alexander van Maanen, 2010 and represents her appearance on 16 December 1941
This flotilla vessel (since 1935 gunboat) was part of the Flores-class with as sister ship the Flores. She was laid down at the N.V. Wilton’s Machinewerf en Scheepswerf at Fijenoord, Schiedam, Netherlands24 December 1924, launched 25 August 1925, commissioned 12 April 1926 and finally decommissioned 1 January 1956. In the years 1945-1946 in the United Kingdom fitted out as a radar training ship with the pennant HX 1. In advance she was disarmed but later rearmed with 2-40mm machineguns and 2-20mm machineguns. In the years 1950-1951 again rebuilt as a aircraft direction vessel with the pennant A 891 until 1956. She then became an accommodation ship for the navy divers at Den Oever. She was 9 June 1985 for the last time decommissioned and 12 July of the same year towed to Antwerp, Belgium to be broken up. Yard number 304.
With a displacement of 1,457 tons were her dimensions 75,6/75,7 (over all) x 11,5 x 3,6 metres. The two triple expansion engines with the four 4 Yarrow boilers supplied 2.000 hp drove two screws allowing speed of 15 knots. Her crew numbered 136 men. Her armament consisted of 3-15cm guns, 1-7.5cm gun, 4-12,7mm machineguns and 2-20mm machineguns. The armour consisted of a 25-50mm deck, a 50mm bridge, 25mm ammunition boxes and while the artillery was protected by 15, 40 and 80mm.
Together with her sister ship Flores she supported the landing at Sicily with such a overwhelming force that the British war press nicknamed both ships Terrible Twins. Before the landing at Normandy was a major problem risen while her main armament was worn out! Lacking enough guns in storage a British officer wrote his request for new guns in limericks and with success. According to some sources were these ‘new’ guns coming from the decommissioned Dutch cruiser Hr.Ms. Sumatra.
This flotilla vessel (since 1935 gunboat) was part of the Flores-class with as sister ship the Flores. She was laid down at the N.V. Wilton’s Machinewerf en Scheepswerf at Fijenoord, Schiedam, Netherlands24 December 1924, launched 25 August 1925, commissioned 12 April 1926 and finally decommissioned 1 January 1956. In the years 1945-1946 in the United Kingdom fitted out as a radar training ship with the pennant HX 1. In advance she was disarmed but later rearmed with 2-40mm machineguns and 2-20mm machineguns. In the years 1950-1951 again rebuilt as a aircraft direction vessel with the pennant A 891 until 1956. She then became an accommodation ship for the navy divers at Den Oever. She was 9 June 1985 for the last time decommissioned and 12 July of the same year towed to Antwerp, Belgium to be broken up. Yard number 304.
With a displacement of 1,457 tons were her dimensions 75,6/75,7 (over all) x 11,5 x 3,6 metres. The two triple expansion engines with the four 4 Yarrow boilers supplied 2.000 hp drove two screws allowing speed of 15 knots. Her crew numbered 136 men. Her armament consisted of 3-15cm guns, 1-7.5cm gun, 4-12,7mm machineguns and 2-20mm machineguns. The armour consisted of a 25-50mm deck, a 50mm bridge, 25mm ammunition boxes and while the artillery was protected by 15, 40 and 80mm.
Together with her sister ship Flores she supported the landing at Sicily with such a overwhelming force that the British war press nicknamed both ships Terrible Twins. Before the landing at Normandy was a major problem risen while her main armament was worn out! Lacking enough guns in storage a British officer wrote his request for new guns in limericks and with success. According to some sources were these ‘new’ guns coming from the decommissioned Dutch cruiser Hr.Ms. Sumatra.
