126 Feet-class minesweepers
This class was in fact nothing more than an enlargement of the 105 ft-class, with improved accommodation and better armament. The RNN purchased 8 of these types of which none was lost during the war. Also after the war they have served with success, both in Europe as in the NEI.
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| Duiveland in the Netherlands East Indies |
| Construction details | |||
| Name | Dockyard | Commissioned | Pennants |
| Duiveland (ex-MMS 1074)* |
Wivenhoe Shipyard Ltd (Yard no. 35) | April 3 1944 | FY-107 4 MV-13 M-821 |
| Overflakkee (ex-MMS 1046) |
Richard Crowns Iron Works, Lowestoft | March 4 1944 | FY-1046 MV-14 M-822 |
| Schokland (ex-MMS 1082) |
J.S. Doig, Grimsby | January 10 1944 | FY-1082 MV-15 |
| Tholen (ex-MMS 1014) |
P. Harris, Appledore | June 20 1943 | FY-1014 MV-16 M-823 |
| Voorne (ex-MMS 1043) |
Humphrey & Smith, Grimsby | August 12 1943 | FY-1043 MV-17 M-824 |
| Walcheren (ex-MMS 1042) |
J.S. Doig, Grimsby | December 22 1943 | FY-1042 MV-18 |
| Wieringen (ex-MMS 1025) |
Humphrey & Smith, Grimsby | May 14 1943 | FY-1025 MV-18 |
| IJsselmonde (ex-MMS 1026) |
J.S. Doig, Grimsby |
June 7 1943 | FY-1026 MV-20 M-825 |
| * More recent information shows that Duiveland was ex-MMS 1074 rather than MMS 1044, as reported in Dutch sources and H.T. Lenton "Navies of the Second World War II: the Royal Netherlands Navy". The source for this new info is M.J. Melvin "'Minesweeper, the Role of the Motor Minesweeper' in World War II" and H.T. Lenton's own "British and Empire Warships". | |||
| Specifications | |
| Displacement | 255 t / 350 t |
| Crew | 22 |
| Dimensions | 38.4 (pp) 42.6 (oa) x 7.7 x 3.1 / 3.8 m |
| Armament | 2 x 20 mm 2 x .50 2 x .30 |
| ASW | |
| Radar | |
| Propulsion details | |
| Boilers | - |
| Machinery | 8 cycle diesel |
| Shafts | 1 |
| Range | |
| Bunkerage | |
| Performance | 540 hp |
| Max Speed | 9,5 knots |
| Histories | |
| Duiveland | Launched December 30 1943. This minesweeper conducted operations in the British and Dutch coastal waters. She left with her sisterships to the NEI on October 3 1945 for the NEI to continue operations there. Stricken there on February 23 1952. |
| Overflakkee | This minesweeper conducted operations in the British and Dutch coastal waters. She left with her sisterships to the NEI on October 3 1945 for the NEI to continue operations there. Stricken in Nieuw Guinea in 1954. |
| Schokland | This minesweeper conducted operations in the British and Dutch coastal waters. She left with her sisterships to the NEI on October 3 1945 for the NEI to continue operations there. Stricken threre on November 8 1949. |
| Tholen | This minesweeper conducted operations in the British and Dutch coastal waters. She left with her sisterships to the NEI on October 3 1945 for the NEI to continue operations there. Stricken and scrapped in Nieuw Guinea in 1952. |
| Voorne | This minesweeper conducted operations in the British and Dutch coastal waters. She left with her sisterships to the NEI on October 3 1945 for the NEI to continue operations there. Stricken in Nieuw Guinea on March 21 1952. |
| Walcheren | This minesweeper conducted operations in the British and Dutch coastal waters. She left with her sisterships to the NEI on October 3 1945 for the NEI to continue operations there. Sunk by a Japanese mine on November 19 1946 near Balikpapan, taking three men with her. |
| Wieringen | This minesweeper conducted operations in the British and Dutch coastal waters. She left with her sisterships to the NEI on October 3 1945 for the NEI to continue operations there. Stricken in the NEI on April 9 1949. |
| IJsselmonde | This minesweeper conducted operations in the British and Dutch coastal waters. She left with her sisterships to the NEI on October 3 1945 for the NEI to continue operations there. Transferred to the Indonesian Navy on February 23 1952. |
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