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HNLMS Johan Maurits van Nassau (1932)
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HNLMS Johan Maurits van Nassau (Dutch: Hr.Ms. Johan Maurits van Nassau), named after John Maurice of Nassau, was a Dutch gunboat that served in the early part of World War II, when it was sunk. She was the sole ship of her class, which was developed from the earlier Flores class.
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Name | Johan Maurits van Nassau |
Namesake | John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen |
Builder | Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde, Vlissingen |
Laid down | 17 July 1931 |
Launched | 20 August 1932 |
Commissioned | 5 April 1933 |
Fate | Sunk, 14 May 1940 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Gunboat |
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Length | 78.7 m (258 ft 2 in) |
Beam | 11.5 m (37 ft 9 in) |
Draught | 3.6 m (11 ft 10 in) |
Installed power | 2,100 ihp (1,600 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 124 |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × floatplane |
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