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Jan van Amstel
History
Netherlands
Name	Jan van Amstel
Namesake	Jan van Amstel
Builder	P. Smit,Rotterdam
Laid down	21 March 1936
Launched	27 August 1936
Commissioned	15 March 1937
Fate	Sunk, 8 March 1942
General characteristics
Class & type	Jan van Amstel-classminesweeper
Displacement	460 long tons (467 t)
Length	56.8 m (186 ft 4 in)
Beam	7.8 m (25 ft 7 in)
Draft	2.2 m (7 ft 3 in)
Propulsion	2 ×Yarrow 3-drum boilers 2 ×Storktriple expansion engines, 1,600 ihp (1,193 kW) 2 shafts
Speed	15knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	45
Armament	1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun 2 × twin .50-calibre machine guns

HNLMSJan van Amstel was aJan van Amstel-classminesweeper of theRoyal Netherlands Navy that served inWorld War II.

TheJan van Amstel-class ships were 55.8 metres (183 ft 1 in) long, with abeam of 7.8 metres (25 ft 7 in) and adraught of 2.2 metres (7 ft 3 in) atdeep load. Theydisplaced was 450long tons (460 t) at normal load, which increased to 585 long tons (594 t) at deep load. A pair ofYarrow boilers fed steam to twotriple-expansion steam engines that each drove a singlepropeller shaft. The engines were rated at 1,690indicated horsepower (1,260 kW) which gave the ships a speed of 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). They carried up to 110 long tons (110 t) offuel oil and had acomplement of 45 officers andratings.^[1]

Jan van Amstel was damaged by an air attack atSurabaya on 6 March 1942, which killed 23 of her crew.

After thecapitulation of all forces onJavaJan van Amstel attempted to escape to Australia, but was intercepted and engaged by the Japanese destroyerArashio on 8 March 1942 in theMadura Strait. She was sunk with heavy loss of life and her surviving crew taken prisoner.

Wikimedia Commons has media related toA Hr.Ms. Jan van Amstel (ship, 1937).

• Roberts, John (1980). "The Netherlands". In Chesneau, Roger (ed.).Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 385–396.ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
• van Willigenburg, Henk (2010).Dutch Warships of World War II. Emmen: Lanasta.ISBN 978-90-8616-318-2.

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