Английская Википедия:HNLMS Jan van Amstel (1936)

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HNLMS Jan van Amstel was a Шаблон:Sclass of the Royal Netherlands Navy that served in World War II.

Description

The Jan van Amstel-class ships were Шаблон:Convert long, with a beam of Шаблон:Convert and a draught of Шаблон:Convert at deep load. They displaced was Шаблон:Convert at normal load, which increased to Шаблон:Convert 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 Шаблон:Convert which gave the ships a speed of Шаблон:Convert. They carried up to Шаблон:Convert of fuel oil and had a complement of 45 officers and ratings.[1]

Service history

Jan van Amstel was damaged by an air attack at Surabaya on 6 March 1942, which killed 23 of her crew.

After the capitulation of all forces on Java Jan van Amstel attempted to escape to Australia, but was intercepted and engaged by the Japanese destroyer Arashio on 8 March 1942 in the Madura Strait. She was sunk with heavy loss of life and her surviving crew taken prisoner.

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  1. Roberts, p. 394; van Willigenburg, p. 106