The Jan van Amstel-class ships were 55.8 metres (183 ft 1 in) long, with a
beam of 7.8 metres (25 ft 7 in) and a
draught of 2.2 metres (7 ft 3 in) at
deep load. They
displaced was 450
long tons (460
t) at normal load, which increased to 585 long tons (594 t) at deep load. A pair of
Yarrow boilers fed steam to two
triple-expansion steam engines that each drove a single
propeller shaft. The engines were rated at 1,690
indicated horsepower (1,260
kW) which gave the ships a speed of 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). They carried up to 110 long tons (110 t) of
fuel oil and had a
complement of 45 officers and
ratings.[1]
Service history
Eland Dubois was
scuttled in the
Madura Strait on 8 March 1942 after faulty boilers made it impossible for her to reach the safety of Australia. After sinking their ship the crew transferred to the
Jan van Amstel, which was sunk with heavy loss of life later the same day.
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