Christiaan Cornelis-class torpedoboat
Last of the K-class torpedoboats. By 1940, she was not suited for offensive sorties, and was therefore assigned for patrol duty on the Dutch rivers in the east of the Netherlands.
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| Christiaan Cornelis |
| Construction details | |
| Name | Christiaan Cornelis |
| Dockyard | Mij Feijenoord, Schiedam |
| Laid down | 1904 |
| Launched | September 1 1905 |
| Commissioned | December 28 1905 |
| Pennant No | CC |
| History | Sunk by own crew on May 13 1940 after being damaged by infantryfire of German paratroopers on the Hollands Diep near Rotterdam. |
| Specifications | |
| Displacement | 47,9 t |
| Crew | 12 |
| Dimensions | 30 x 3,6 x 1,72 m |
| Armament | 1 x 37 mm |
| Torpedoes | 1 45 cm torpedogun 1 45 cm torpedotube |
| Propulsion details | |
| Boilers | 1 cylindrical boiler |
| Machinery | reciprocating system |
| Range | 500 miles @ 9 knots |
| Shafts | 1 |
| Bunkerage | 5 tons coal |
| Performance | 592 hp |
| Max Speed | 18,6 knots |
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