| History | |
|---|---|
 Netherlands | |
| Name | Borneo |
| Builder | J&G Thompson, Clydebank Glasgow |
| Laid down | 1892 |
| Launched | 1892 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type | Gunboat |
| Displacement | 800 tons |
| Length | 53.86 m (176 ft 8 in) |
| Beam | 9.45 m (31 ft 0 in) |
| Draught | 4.05 m (13 ft 3 in) |
| Propulsion | 1,040 ihp (780 kW) |
| Complement | 102 |
| Armament |
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HNLMS Borneo (Dutch: Zr.Ms. later Hr.Ms. Borneo) was a unique schroefstoomschip 4e klasse (gunboat) of the Royal Netherlands Navy built by J&G Thomson in Clydebank Glasgow.
Description
The ship was 53.86 metres (176 ft 8 in) long, had a beam of 9.45 metres (31 ft 0 in), a draught of 4.05 metres (13 ft 3 in), and had a displacement of 800 tons. The main armaments of the ship were six 10.5 cm (4.1 in) guns and one 7.5 cm (3.0 in) gun. The ship had a complement of 102 men.[2]
Service history
Borneo was laid down in 1892 at the shipyard of J&G Thomson in Clydebank Glasgow and launched 24 November 1892. She began service in the Dutch East Indies in 1894.[2]
On 11 September 1905 the ship took part in an expeditions to South Celebes. She was part of a naval force consisting of De Ruyter, Hertog Hendrik, <i>Serdang</i> and two ships of the Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij. The ships where engaged in operations against the lord of Loewoe. An infantry battalion and a marine landing party were set ashore near Palope and later that day the soldiers and marines took the lord's palace.[3]
From 1906 and onward she served as a survey vessel.[4]
Notes
- ^ Johnston, Ian (2000). Ships for a Nation. Clydebank. p. 321. ISBN 0953773612.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b Koloniaal verslag van 1898, Bijlage C [5.4], p. 6
- ^ "scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 1905". Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- ^ "maritiemdigitaal.nl". Retrieved 10 March 2014.
References
- Koloniaal verslag van 1898 (Bijlage C 5.4)
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