HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën (1909)
HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën was a Royal Netherlands Navy coastal defence ship in service from 1910 until 1942. It was a small cruiser-sized warship that sacrificed speed and range for armor and armament. She was armed with two 283 mm, four 150 mm, ten 75 mm, four 37 mm guns, in addition to a few 75 mm mortars. She was 101.5 metres (333 ft) long, had a beam of 17.1 metres (56 ft) and a draft of 6.15 metres (20.2 ft), and displaced 6,530 tons. She had a crew of 448 and was able to reach 16 knots.
De Zeven Provinciën in 1910 | |
| History | |
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| Netherlands | |
| Name | De Zeven Provinciën |
| Namesake | Seven Provinces |
| Builder | Rijkswerf, Amsterdam |
| Laid down | 7 February 1908 |
| Launched | 15 March 1909 |
| Commissioned | 6 October 1910 |
| Renamed | Soerabaja, 1936 |
| Namesake | Surabaya |
| Fate | Sunk by aerial attack 18 February 1942 |
| Japan | |
| Name | Unknown |
| Acquired | Salvaged in 1942 and used as a battery ship |
| Fate | Bombed by aircraft and sunk, 1943 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Coastal defence ship |
| Displacement | 6,530 tons |
| Length | 101.5 m (333 ft 0 in) |
| Beam | 17.1 m (56 ft 1 in) |
| Draught | 6.15 m (20 ft 2 in) |
| Propulsion | 8,000 hp (6,000 kW), two shafts |
| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h) |
| Complement | 452 |
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She served part of her career in the Dutch East Indies, from 1911 to 1918 and from 1921 onwards. During the 1920s, her crew included the future Rear Admiral Karel Doorman. She suffered a high-profile mutiny on 5 February 1933, which had far-reaching implications for politics in the Netherlands. She was renamed Soerabaja in 1936.
On 18 February 1942, Soerabaja was sunk by Japanese bombers. The Japanese raised her and used her as a battery ship; one report is that she was sunk again by Allied aircraft in 1943; a second report is that she was raised two years after being sunk by the Japanese but was wrecked five miles north of Djamoenjan Reef, Indonesia.