History | |
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Name | Pollux |
Operator | ![]() |
Builder | Verschure & Co., Amsterdam |
Launched | August 1922 |
Commissioned | 1923 |
Fate | Scrapped or sunk after August 1945 |
General characteristics [1] [2] | |
Type | Steamship |
Displacement | 1,012 t (996 long tons) |
Length | 55.64 m (182 ft 7 in) |
Beam | 9.55 m (31 ft 4 in) |
Draught | 3.18 m (10 ft 5 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) |
Capacity | 800 m3 (28,000 cu ft) gas storage |
Crew | 49 |
Armament | 1 x 7.5 cm cannon |
HNLMS Pollux was a steamship of the Dienst der Bebakening en kustverlichting. [3] [4] She was built in the Netherlands and used as lightship and beacon ship ( Dutch: bebakeningsvaartuig). [1] [2] In 1939 the ship was militarized and taken into service of the Royal Netherlands Navy. [3]
Pollux was built at the shipyard Verschure & Co. in Amsterdam. [5] [6] In August 1922 the ship was launched and in December 1922 it left Amsterdam for Hellevoetsluis where it would perform its sea trials. [7] [8] The next year, in 1923, Pollux was commissioned into the Dienst der Bebakening en kustverlichting. [2] The costs of building the Pollux was estimated to be 939.000 Dutch guilders. [2]
The design of the Pollux was based on that of the Hoofdinspecteur Zeeman but with several modifications. [2]
After being militarized the ship got equipped with a single 7.5 cm cannon on its front deck. [9]
In March 1929 Pollux was involved in the construction of a new beacon in Soerabaja which would mark the area that contained the Queen Olga reef. [10]
During the Second World War Pollux continued her lighting and beacon duties, which included making sure minefields were properly marked in the waters of the Dutch East Indies. [9]
On 2 March 1942 the ship was scuttled by its own crew in Soerabaja. [1] A year later, on 13 February 1943, Pollux was lifted by the Japanese and rebuild as the survey vessel Korai Maru. [3] Later the ship was renamed Hoyo. [1]
After the war, in August 1945, the ship was found damaged in Soerabaja. [3] It was later either scrapped or sunk. [1]
History | |
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![]() | |
Name | Pollux |
Operator | ![]() |
Builder | Verschure & Co., Amsterdam |
Launched | August 1922 |
Commissioned | 1923 |
Fate | Scrapped or sunk after August 1945 |
General characteristics [1] [2] | |
Type | Steamship |
Displacement | 1,012 t (996 long tons) |
Length | 55.64 m (182 ft 7 in) |
Beam | 9.55 m (31 ft 4 in) |
Draught | 3.18 m (10 ft 5 in) |
Propulsion |
|
Speed | 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) |
Capacity | 800 m3 (28,000 cu ft) gas storage |
Crew | 49 |
Armament | 1 x 7.5 cm cannon |
HNLMS Pollux was a steamship of the Dienst der Bebakening en kustverlichting. [3] [4] She was built in the Netherlands and used as lightship and beacon ship ( Dutch: bebakeningsvaartuig). [1] [2] In 1939 the ship was militarized and taken into service of the Royal Netherlands Navy. [3]
Pollux was built at the shipyard Verschure & Co. in Amsterdam. [5] [6] In August 1922 the ship was launched and in December 1922 it left Amsterdam for Hellevoetsluis where it would perform its sea trials. [7] [8] The next year, in 1923, Pollux was commissioned into the Dienst der Bebakening en kustverlichting. [2] The costs of building the Pollux was estimated to be 939.000 Dutch guilders. [2]
The design of the Pollux was based on that of the Hoofdinspecteur Zeeman but with several modifications. [2]
After being militarized the ship got equipped with a single 7.5 cm cannon on its front deck. [9]
In March 1929 Pollux was involved in the construction of a new beacon in Soerabaja which would mark the area that contained the Queen Olga reef. [10]
During the Second World War Pollux continued her lighting and beacon duties, which included making sure minefields were properly marked in the waters of the Dutch East Indies. [9]
On 2 March 1942 the ship was scuttled by its own crew in Soerabaja. [1] A year later, on 13 February 1943, Pollux was lifted by the Japanese and rebuild as the survey vessel Korai Maru. [3] Later the ship was renamed Hoyo. [1]
After the war, in August 1945, the ship was found damaged in Soerabaja. [3] It was later either scrapped or sunk. [1]