HNLMS Eland Dubois (1936)
HNLMS Eland Dubois was a Jan van Amstel-class minesweeper of the Royal Netherlands Navy that served in World War II.
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| History | |
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| 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-class minesweeper |
| 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) |
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| Speed: | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement: | 45 |
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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, which was sunk with heavy loss of life later the same day.
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