 HNLMSAldebaran | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Netherlands | |
| Name | Aldebaran |
| Builder | Marine Etablissement,Surabaya |
| Laid down | 1912 |
| Launched | 1913 |
| Commissioned | 1913 |
| Out of service | 2 March 1942 |
| Fate | Scuttled by own crew |
| Class overview | |
| Name | Aldebaran class |
| Preceded by | Albatros |
| Succeeded by | Bellatrix |
| In service | 1913-1942 |
| Planned | 1 |
| Completed | 1 |
| Lost | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Patrol boat |
| Displacement | 892 t (878 long tons)standard |
| Length | 53.36 m (175 ft 1 in) |
| Beam | 8.23 m (27 ft 0 in) |
| Draught | 3 m (9 ft 10 in) |
| Installed power | 820 hp (610 kW) |
| Propulsion | 1 × Werkspoor triple expansion |
| Speed | 12.25knots (22.69 km/h; 14.10 mph) |
| Complement | 44 |
HNLMSAldebaran was aGovernment Navypatrol boat. She would be militarized by theRoyal Netherlands Navy upon the start of the Pacific theatre of World War II.[1]
HNLMS Aldebaran was stationed atMakassar when war broke out. She would be transferred toSurabaya harbor where she would serve as anaccommodation ship andguard ship due to stability issues that she had suffered from ever since commissioning.[2][3][4]
After thefall of Java, she would be scuttled by her own crew on 2 March 1942 as it was not deemed possible to escape to Australia by that point.
