HNLMS Koningin Regentes
.jpg) Koningin Regentes
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Netherlands | |
| Name | Koningin Regentes |
| Builder | Rijkswerf in Amsterdam |
| Laid down | 1898 |
| Launched | 24 April 1900 |
| Commissioned | 3 January 1902 |
| Decommissioned | 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Koningin Regentes-class coastal defence ship |
| Displacement | 5,002 tons |
| Length | 96.622 m (317 ft 0 in) |
| Beam | 15.189 m (49 ft 10 in) |
| Draught | 5.817 m (19 ft 1 in) |
| Installed power | 6,500 ihp (4,800 kW) |
| Propulsion | 2 shafts, reciprocating engines |
| Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
| Complement | 340 |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) 2 × 9.4 in (24 cm) (2 × 1) 4 × 15 cm (5.9 in) (4 × 1) 8 × 7.5 cm (3.0 in) (8 × 1) 4 × 1pdr (4 × 1) 3 × 45 cm (18 in) torpedo tubes |
| Armour | list error: <br /> list (help) 6 in (15 cm) belt 10 in (25 cm) barbette 10 in (25 cm) turret |
HNLMS Koningin Regentes (Template:Lang-nl) was a Koningin Regentes-class coastal defence ship (pantserschip) of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The ship was built at the Rijkswerf in Amsterdam at the start of the twentieth century. The ship assisted the casualties after the eruption of the Mount Pelée volcano on the French island of Martinique and participated in an expedition to the island of Bali in 1906. She made several journeys to show the Dutch flag and was finally decommissioned in 1920.
Design
The ship was 96.622 metres (317 ft 0 in) long, had a beam of 15.189 metres (49 ft 10 in), a draught of 5.817 metres (19 ft 1 in), and had a displacement of 5,002 ton. The ship was equipped with 2-shaft reciprocating engines, which were rated at 6,500 ihp (4,800 kW) and produced a top speed of 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h). The ship had belt armour of 6 in (15 cm), 10 in (25 cm) barbette armour and 10 in (25 cm) turret armour. The main armaments of the ship were two 9.4 in (24 cm) single turret guns. Secondary armaments included four single 15 cm (5.9 in) guns and eight 7.5 cm (3.0 in) single guns. The ship had a complement of 340 men.[1]
Service history
The ship was built at the Rijkswerf in Amsterdam and launched on 24 April 1900. The ship was christened there by the Dutch queen mother Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont. The ship was commissioned on 3 January 1902.[2]
On 11 March that year she departed from the port of Flushing for the Dutch West Indies. She was sent there because of rising political tension between the Netherlands and Venezuela. She interrupted this journey to assist and help the casualties of the Mount Pelée volcano erruption on the French island of Martinique.[3]
On 4 April 1902 the ship and HNLMS Utrecht arrived in the Venezuelan port of La Guaira. The ships were there after the Venezuelan navy had repeatedly checked Dutch and Antillean merchant ships.[2] In 1906 Koningin Regentes and her sister ship HNLMS De Ruyter and the protected cruiser HNLMS Zeeland assisted in an expedition to the island of Bali in the Dutch East Indies where they bombarded the city of Denpasar on 16 and 17 September. After the bombardment ground forces broke the armed resistance.[4]
10 August 1909 the ship, together with the HNLMS Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp and the De Ruyter, departed from Batavia to China, Hong Kong, Japan and the Philippines to show the flag.[5]
Koningin Regentes and both her sister ships De Ruyter and HNLMS Hertog Hendrik left the port of Surabaya on 15 August 1910 for Australia to show the flag. The ports of Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Fremantle among others were visited during this journey.[6]
On 4 April 1918 the ship and the HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën escorted the passenger ships Vondel, Kawi, Rindjani and Grotius to the port of Tanjung Priok. The ships were intercepted in the Eastern parts of the Indian archipelago after the United Kingdom and the US had confiscated Dutch merchant ships. Both countries appealed to the Angary right.[7]
The ship was finally decommissioned in 1920.[1]
References
- ^ a b "scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 1902". Retrieved 2012-12-24.
- ^ "scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 1901". Retrieved 2012-12-24.
- ^ "scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 1906". Retrieved 2012-12-24.
- ^ "scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 1909". Retrieved 2012-12-24.
- ^ "scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 1910". Retrieved 2012-12-24.
- ^ "scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 1918". Retrieved 2012-12-24.