Pro Patria-class
This ship was one of the first to be built by the naval dockyard in Soerabaja, but the lack of experience was the cause that it was in many ways an inferior design: the maximum speed was low and she didn't respond well to the helm.
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| Pro Patria in 1929 |
| Construction details | |
| Name | Pro Patria |
| Dockyard | Marine Etablissement, Soerabaja ( Naval dockyard ) |
| Laid down | 1920 |
| Launched | July 17 1922 |
| Commissioned | August 20 1923 |
| Pennant No | - |
| Status | Served as torpedorepairship 1937-1939. This minelayer was in the Netherlands East Indies as war broke out on May 10 1940. Primarily designed as a minelayer, she was also used as a trainingship and as a torpedorepairship. She laid mines near Soerabaja in December 1940, and was stationed in Palembang, Sumatra as Japan attacked on December 8 1941. She laid minefields in the entrances to Palembang, and the ship was then scuttled to avoid capture on February 15 1942. |
| Specifications | |
| Displacement | 537 t / 612 t |
| Crew | 61 |
| Dimensions | 47 x 8,6 x 2,8 m |
| Armament | 1 x 75 mm 2 x .50 (2 x 1) |
| Mines | 60 * |
| ASW | - |
| Radar | - |
| * I also found a total of 80 mines | |
| Propulsion details | |
| Boilers | Cylindrical boilers |
| Machinery | 1 triple-expansion-engine |
| Shafts | 1 |
| Bunkerage | |
| Performance | 650 hp |
| Max Speed | 10 knots |
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