 HNLMSFomalhaut with a canoe in front | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Fomalhaut class |
| Preceded by | Eridanus |
| Succeeded by | Sirius class |
| In service | 1923–1942 |
| Planned | 1 |
| Completed | 1 |
| Lost | 1 |
| History | |
 Netherlands | |
| Name | Fomalhaut |
| Builder | Marine Etablissement,Surabaya |
| Laid down | 1922 |
| Launched | 1923 |
| Commissioned | 30 October 1923 |
| Fate | Damaged by Japanese air attack and scuttled |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Patrol boat |
| Displacement | 1,001 t (985 long tons)standard |
| Length | 56.75 m (186 ft 2 in) |
| Beam | 9.47 m (31 ft 1 in) |
| Draught | 3.3 m (10 ft 10 in) |
| Installed power | 855 hp (638 kW) |
| Propulsion | 1 × quadruple expansion |
| Speed | 12knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 47 |
| Armament | 2 × 3.7 cm (1.5 in) cannons |
HNLMSFomalhaut was aGovernment Navypatrol boat constructed at the Marine Etablissement inSurabaya. She was militarized by theRoyal Netherlands Navy upon the start of the Pacific theatre of World War II.[1]
HNLMSFomalhaut was stationed in theMoluccas when war broke out. She took part in many patrols and escorts the most notable of which was the evacuation of women and children fromKoepang toJava together withHNLMS Albatros. While underway, both ships would also escort a ship of theKoninklijke Nederlandse Stoomboot-Maatschappij. While in Surabaya, the ship was damaged by a Japanese air attack resulting in the ship beingscuttled by her own crew on 2 March 1942.[2][3]
