![]() Krakatau capsized in 1932
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Name | Krakatau |
Namesake | Krakatau |
Operator | ![]() |
Builder | Marine Etablissement te Soerabaja |
Laid down | 3 February 1923 |
Launched | 2 February 1924 |
Commissioned | 11 December 1924 |
Fate | Scuttled on 8 March 1942 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | Minelayer |
Displacement | 982 t (966 long tons) |
Length | 65 m (213 ft 3 in) |
Beam | 10.5 m (34 ft 5 in) |
Draught | 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) |
Crew | 91 |
Armament |
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HNLMS Krakatau was a minelayer of the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNN). [2] She was built in the Dutch East Indies and served between 1924 and 1942 in the RNN. [3]
Krakatau was laid down on 3 February 1923 and launched on 2 February 1924 at the Marine Etablissement te Soerabaja (MES). [1] [4] The ship was designed by the Dutch engineer R. O. Leegstra. [5] After passing its sea trials in October 1924 Krakatau was commissioned on 11 December 1924. [1] [6] [7] While the ship passed its sea trials, it did share a common flaw with other ships built at the MES at the time, namely stability problems. [8] To counter this problem permanent ballast was added to the Krakatau, however, it did not manage to completely fix the stability problem of the ship. [9]
On 11 October 1932 Krakatau capsized in the Oostervaarwater near Soerabaja. [2] [10] At the time the ship was doing a speed related exercise when it began taking water. [11] It was theorized that this was the result of leaving the mine doors at the rear of the ship open. [8] [9] The increasing speed during the exercise would have led to high waves that would land on the rear of the ship, which could pour inside through the open doors. [9] [11] Eventually the water inside the ship gathered at one side of the ship and it slowly capsized. [8] On 4 December 1932 Krakatau was re-floated and towed to the MES. [12] There it was determined that the ship had taken minimal damage and would be fully repaired. [13] The next year, on 4 September 1933, Krakatau was taken back into service. [14]
Between 19 and 20 February 1942 Krakatau acted as a motor torpedo boat tender for a division of motor torpedo boats and took part in the Battle of Badung Strait. [2] Shortly after the battle the ship provided gasoline to motor torpedo boats in the Pangpang Baai. [15] During this time it managed to stay hidden and unharmed, even when Japanese scouts and bombers flew over, as a result of its carefully applied camouflage. [15]
On 8 March 1942 Krakatau was scuttled by its crew 500 meters from the dock [a] of the Pyrotechnische Werkplaatsen in the Westervaarwater near Batoe Porron in Madoera. [2] [14] The ship was scuttled because there was not enough oil to make the journey to an Allied port and it was determined that it had not much fighting value as a warship. [16] Afterwards the crew of the ship left for Kamal to continue the battle on land against the Japanese. [8]
![]() Krakatau capsized in 1932
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History | |
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![]() | |
Name | Krakatau |
Namesake | Krakatau |
Operator | ![]() |
Builder | Marine Etablissement te Soerabaja |
Laid down | 3 February 1923 |
Launched | 2 February 1924 |
Commissioned | 11 December 1924 |
Fate | Scuttled on 8 March 1942 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | Minelayer |
Displacement | 982 t (966 long tons) |
Length | 65 m (213 ft 3 in) |
Beam | 10.5 m (34 ft 5 in) |
Draught | 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) |
Propulsion |
|
Speed | 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) |
Crew | 91 |
Armament |
|
HNLMS Krakatau was a minelayer of the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNN). [2] She was built in the Dutch East Indies and served between 1924 and 1942 in the RNN. [3]
Krakatau was laid down on 3 February 1923 and launched on 2 February 1924 at the Marine Etablissement te Soerabaja (MES). [1] [4] The ship was designed by the Dutch engineer R. O. Leegstra. [5] After passing its sea trials in October 1924 Krakatau was commissioned on 11 December 1924. [1] [6] [7] While the ship passed its sea trials, it did share a common flaw with other ships built at the MES at the time, namely stability problems. [8] To counter this problem permanent ballast was added to the Krakatau, however, it did not manage to completely fix the stability problem of the ship. [9]
On 11 October 1932 Krakatau capsized in the Oostervaarwater near Soerabaja. [2] [10] At the time the ship was doing a speed related exercise when it began taking water. [11] It was theorized that this was the result of leaving the mine doors at the rear of the ship open. [8] [9] The increasing speed during the exercise would have led to high waves that would land on the rear of the ship, which could pour inside through the open doors. [9] [11] Eventually the water inside the ship gathered at one side of the ship and it slowly capsized. [8] On 4 December 1932 Krakatau was re-floated and towed to the MES. [12] There it was determined that the ship had taken minimal damage and would be fully repaired. [13] The next year, on 4 September 1933, Krakatau was taken back into service. [14]
Between 19 and 20 February 1942 Krakatau acted as a motor torpedo boat tender for a division of motor torpedo boats and took part in the Battle of Badung Strait. [2] Shortly after the battle the ship provided gasoline to motor torpedo boats in the Pangpang Baai. [15] During this time it managed to stay hidden and unharmed, even when Japanese scouts and bombers flew over, as a result of its carefully applied camouflage. [15]
On 8 March 1942 Krakatau was scuttled by its crew 500 meters from the dock [a] of the Pyrotechnische Werkplaatsen in the Westervaarwater near Batoe Porron in Madoera. [2] [14] The ship was scuttled because there was not enough oil to make the journey to an Allied port and it was determined that it had not much fighting value as a warship. [16] Afterwards the crew of the ship left for Kamal to continue the battle on land against the Japanese. [8]