 HNLMSSerdang with threevan Berkelfloatplanes | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Serdang class |
| Builders |
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| Operators |  Royal Netherlands Navy |
| In commission |
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| Completed | 4 |
| Lost | 1 |
| Retired | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Gunboat, later converted tominelayer and then converted again toMTB tender /seaplane tender |
| Displacement | 1,290 t (1,270long tons) |
| Length | 53.9 m (176 ft 10 in) |
| Beam | 9.44 m (31 ft 0 in) |
| Draught | 3.69 m (12 ft 1 in) |
| Installed power | 1,290 hp (960 kW) |
| Propulsion | 1 x triple expansion boiler with 1 shaft |
| Speed | 13knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Complement | 64 |
| Armament |
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TheSerdang-class tender came into existence due to the rebuilding of the old, but similarNias-class andKoetei-classgunboats. The seven ships of these classes would serve as gunboats until 1921 after which they were either rebuilt asminelayers or decommissioned. Of the ships that were converted into minelayers, four would be rebuilt once more between 1923-1932 into tenders becoming theSerdang-class tenders.[1][2]
| Name | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serdang | 17 September 1897 | 6 March 1942 | Scuttled |
| Koetei | 1898 | 1931 | Transferred to the Governments Marine, later decommissioned |
| Siboga | 1898 | 1933 | Decommissioned |
| Assahan | 1899 | 1924 | Decommissioned, Sold in 1931 |
Upon the outbreak of the second world war, only HNLMSSerdang was still in service. She served as a patrol ship andmother ship tomotor torpedo boats (MTBs), submarines andseaplanes until thefall of Java. She was thenscuttled by her own crew on 6 March 1942 after being unable to escape to Australia.[3]