HNLMS Zuiderkruis (1923)
HNLMS Zuiderkruis | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Netherlands | |
| Name | Zuiderkruis |
| Namesake | Zuiderkruis |
| Builder | Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij, Amsterdam |
| Laid down | 20 January 1922 |
| Launched | 17 November 1923 |
| Commissioned | March 1924 |
| In service | 26 March 1943 |
| Out of service | 1950 |
| Renamed | Bimasakti (As flagship of the Indonesian Navy from 1950 to 1952) |
| Fate | Transferred to Indonesia in 1950, scrapped in 1952 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Auxiliary, submarine tender, seaplane tender |
| Displacement | 2,661 t (2,619 long tons) standard |
| Length | 87.20 m (286 ft 1 in) |
| Beam | 11.2 m (36 ft 9 in) |
| Draught | 4.30 m (14 ft 1 in) |
| Installed power | 1,600 hp (1,200 kW) |
| Propulsion | 2 × Werkspoor triple expansion engines powering 2 shafts |
| Speed | 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph) |
| Complement | 97 |
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HNLMS Zuiderkruis was a Royal Netherlands Navy auxiliary ship. Originally constructed for the Government Navy, she was transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy in 1938. Laid down as a cable layer with the option for quick conversion to auxiliary cruiser, she came equipped with mounts that would allow the installation of two 5.9-inch (150 mm) cannons and facilities to accommodate two floatplanes.
Upon her transfer to the Navy, she was converted to a supply ship serving as submarine- and seaplane tender and be recommissioned in March 1939.