HNLMS Kortenaer (1927)
HNLMS Kortenaer in calm waters | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Netherlands | |
| Name | Kortenaer |
| Namesake | Egbert Kortenaer |
| Laid down | 24 August 1925 |
| Launched | 30 June 1927 |
| Commissioned | 3 September 1928 |
| Fate | Torpedoed, 27 February 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Admiralen-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,310 long tons (1,331 t) standard |
| Length | |
| Beam | 9.45 m (31 ft) |
| Draft | 3 m (9.8 ft) |
| Installed power | 31,000 hp (23 MW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
| Range | 3,200 nmi (5,900 km; 3,700 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 129 |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 × Fokker C.VII-W floatplane |
| Aviation facilities | 1 × Davit |
HNLMS Kortenaer was an Admiralen-class destroyer operated by the Royal Netherlands Navy between 1928 and 1942. Equipped to also operate as a minelayer, she was built to defend the Dutch East Indies and safeguarded Dutch colonial possessions throughout the world. During World War II, she joined the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command fleet to aid in the defense of the East Indies. While she was intended to participate in the Battle of Badung Strait, she ran aground when leaving port. After suffering damage to her boilers and having her maximum speed reduced, she re-joined the fleet for the Battle of the Java Sea. During the action, she was torpedoed when the Allied battle line collapsed, and she quickly sank. Her wreck was later illegally salvaged for metal in the 2010s, which destroyed parts of the ship.