HNLMS Flores

	Flores
History
Netherlands
Name	Flores
Namesake	Flores Island
Builder	Mij Feijenoord, Schiedam
Laid down	13 January 1925
Launched	15 August 1925
Commissioned	25 March 1926
Stricken	26 August 1968
Identification	Pennant numbers: F66, N1, F803, A877
Fate	Sold for scrapping 12 November 1968
General characteristics
Type	Flores-class gunboat
Displacement	1,457 long tons (1,480 t) standard; 1,793 long tons (1,822 t) full load;
Length	75.6 m (248 ft 0 in)
Beam	11.5 m (37 ft 9 in)
Draught	3.6 m (11 ft 10 in)
Installed power	2,000 shp (1,500 kW); 4 Yarrow boilers;
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 Triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	145
Armament	As built:; 3 × 5.9 in (150 mm) No. 7 guns; 1 × 75 mm gun; 4 × .50 Browning machine guns; Added:; 1 × 40 mm pom-pom; 4 × Hotchkiss 20 mm cannons; 8 × .303 Lewis MGs;
Armour	Bridge: 50 mm (2.0 in); Deck: 25–50 mm (0.98–1.97 in); Ammunition hoists: 25 mm (0.98 in); Gun shields: 14–80 mm (0.55–3.15 in);

HNLMS Flores (Dutch: Hr.Ms. Flores) was a Flores-class gunboat built in the mid-1920s for the Royal Netherlands Navy to patrol the Dutch East Indies.

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