Soemenep-class
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| Construction details | |
| Name | Soemenep |
| Dockyard | Soerabaja Droogdok Maatschappij (Soerabaja) |
| Dockyardnumber | 71 |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 1930 |
| Commissioned | 1931 (tugboat) June 24, 1940 (auxiliary minelayer) |
| Pennant No | - |
| Career | Originally tug of "Zoutregie", converted at Naval Yard in Soerabaja to minelayer in early 1940. Most important action is laying minefield off Balikpapan in early 1942. Scuttled on March 2 1942 in Soerabaja. Salvaged by Japanese, found in Batavia and commissioned as the tug "RS-101", later as "A-871". Transferred to the Indonesian Navy in August 1950. Fate unknown. |
| Specifications | |
| Displacement | 227 gross tons |
| Crew | 26 |
| Dimensions | 35.86 ( pp) x 8.11 x 2.82 m |
| Armament | 2 x .50 MG |
| Mines | 26 |
| Propulsion details | |
| Boilers | 1 SE boiler |
| Machinery | 1 triple-expansion-engine * |
| Shafts | 1 |
| Bunkerage | |
| Performance | 400 hp |
| Max Speed | 10 knots |
| * engined by Sisson, Gloucester | |
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