HNLMS Christiaan Cornelis (1905)

Christiaan Cornelis in the early 1930s
History
Netherlands
NameChristiaan Cornelis
OwnerKoninklijke Marine
BuilderMaatschappij voor Scheeps- en Werktuigbouw Fijenoord
Laid down1904
Launched1 September 1905
Commissioned28 December 1905
Decommissioned13 May 1940
FateScuttled 13 May 1940
General characteristics
TypeTorpedo boat
Displacement47.9 tons
Length30.0 m (98 ft 5 in)
Beam3.6 m (11 ft 10 in)
Draft1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Propulsion
  • 1 triple expansion machine
  • 1 coal-fired cylindrical boiler
  • 592 hp (441 kW)
Speed18.6 knots (34.4 km/h)
Range500 nmi (930 km) at 9 kn (17 km/h)
Complement12
Armament
  • 1 × 37 mm (1.5 in) gun
  • 2 × 45 cm (18 in) torpedo tubes (2 × 1)

Christiaan Cornelis, initially called K 2, was a K-class torpedo boat of the Dutch Koninklijke Marine. She saw action during World War II, however she was outdated by then and had lost most of her usefulness.