HNLMS A
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HNLMS A (Dutch: Hr.Ms. A) was an A-class minesweeper of the Royal Netherlands Navy that was scuttled by her crew during the Battle of Java. She was later re-floated and repaired by the Japanese and converted into auxiliary submarine chaser Cha-113 or No. 113 (Japanese: 第百十三號驅潜特務艇).
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HNLMS A prior to departure to the Dutch East Indies | |
History | |
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The Netherlands | |
Name | A |
Builder | Royal Shipyard, Willemsoord, Den Helder |
Laid down | 13 September 1928 |
Launched | 19 April 1929 |
Completed | 4 August 1930 |
Fate | Scuttled, 1 March 1942 |
Empire of Japan | |
Name | No. 113 |
Acquired | repaired by the Empire of Japan, 1943 |
Commissioned | 10 December 1943 |
Fate | Sunk by torpedo attack from USS Hardhead, 23 July 1945 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | A-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 179 long tons (182 t) standard[1] |
Length | 45 m (147 ft 8 in) overall[2] |
Beam | 5.99 m (19 ft 8 in)[2] |
Draught | 1.49 m (4 ft 11 in)[2] |
Installed power | 690 hp (510 kW)[1][3] |
Propulsion | 2 triple expansion engines, 2 shafts[1] |
Speed | 14.0 knots (25.9 km/h; 16.1 mph)[1][4] |
Complement | 38 (Dutch)[1] |
Armament | Dutch: *2 × 12.7 mm[1] Japanese:[5] *1 x 47 mm *3 x 25 mm *1 x 13 mm 8 depth charges |
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