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History Netherlands Name HNLMS Eland Dubois Builder Gusto, Schiedam Laid down 21 March 1936 Launched 24 October 1936 Commissioned 21 July 1937 Fate 8 March 1942 General characteristics Class and type Jan van Amstel -classminesweeper Displacement 460 long tons (467 t) Length 56.8 m (186 ft 4 in) Beam 7.8 m (25 ft 7 in) Draft 2.2 m (7 ft 3 in) Propulsion
2 × Yarrow 3-drum boilers
2 × Stork triple expansion engines , 1,600 ihp (1,193 kW)
2 shafts
110 tons fuel oil
Speed 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) Complement 45 Armament
1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun
2 × twin .50-calibre machine guns
HNLMS Eland Dubois was a Jan van Amstel -classminesweeper of the Royal Netherlands Navy that served in World War II .
Service history [ ] Eland Dubois was scuttled in the Madura Strait on 8 March 1942 after faulty boilers made it impossible for her to reach the safety of Australia. After sinking their ship the crew transferred to the Jan van Amstel
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in March 1942
Shipwrecks
1 Mar: USS Edsall , HMS Encounter , HNLMS Evertsen , HMS Exeter , USS Houston , USS Pecos , HMAS Perth , USS Pope , Rooseboom U-656 2 Mar: HNLMS Banckert , USAT Don Esteban , Ha-13 HNLMS K X , HNLMS K XIII , HNLMS K XVIII , HNLMS Koning der Nederlanden , USS Pillsbury , USS Stewart , Toendjoek HNLMS Witte de With 3 Mar: USS Asheville , Koolama SS Mary , USS Perch 4 Mar: HMAS Yarra 5 Mar: Auby 6 Mar: HNLMS Pieter de Bitter , Rononia 7 Mar: Arabutan Nyggjaberg Uniwaleco 8 Mar: HNLMS Eland Dubois , HNLMS Jan van Amstel , Smyshlyony 10 Mar: Lady Nelson Kongō Maru Tenyo Maru Yokohama Maru 11 Mar: HMS Naiad 12 Mar: Texan 13 Mar: Tama Maru No. 2 Tolten 14 Mar: U-133 15 Mar: U-503 HMS Vortigern 17 Mar: Île de Batz San Demetrio 18 Mar: E.M. Clark 19 Mar: Papoose 20 Mar: HMS Heythrop 21 Mar: Vamar 23 Mar: British Prudence 24 Mar: HMS Southwold , U-655 26 Mar: HMS Jaguar , HMS Legion , HMS P39 27 Mar: USS Atik , U-587 Equipoise 28 Mar: HMS Campbeltown , Raceland 29 Mar: Hertford Z26 30 Mar: U-585 Unknown: Emilia Panay Other incidents 1941 1942 1943 February 1942 April 1942
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