HNLMS Johan Maurits van Nassau (1932)

	HNLMS Johan Maurits van Nassau
History
Netherlands
Name	Johan Maurits van Nassau
Namesake	John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen
Builder	Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde, Vlissingen
Laid down	17 July 1931
Launched	20 August 1932
Commissioned	5 April 1933
Fate	Sunk, 14 May 1940
General characteristics
Type	Gunboat
Displacement	1,457 long tons (1,480 t) (standard); 1,793 long tons (1,822 t) (full load);
Length	78.7 m (258 ft 2 in)
Beam	11.5 m (37 ft 9 in)
Draught	3.6 m (11 ft 10 in)
Installed power	2,100 ihp (1,600 kW)
Propulsion	2 × triple expansion steam engines; 4 × Yarrow boilers; 2 × screws;
Speed	15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	124
Armament	3 × 150 mm (5.9 in) No. 7 guns; 2 × 40 mm (1.57 in) anti-aircraft guns; 4 × .50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns; 3 × .303 in (7.70 mm) machine guns;
Armour	Armour deck: 25 mm (0.98 in); Conning tower: 25 mm (0.98 in); Turrets: 25 to 40 mm (0.98 to 1.57 in);
Aircraft carried	1 × floatplane

HNLMS Johan Maurits van Nassau (Dutch: Hr.Ms. Johan Maurits van Nassau), named after John Maurice of Nassau, was a Dutch gunboat that served in the early part of World War II, when it was sunk. She was the sole ship of her class, which was developed from the earlier Flores class.

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