NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Batavia			Rijkswerf, Amsterdam		1876		discarded 1898
Makasser (ex-Macasser, ex-Suriname)			Rijkswerf, Amsterdam		1877		discarded 1903
Madura			Rijkswerf, Amsterdam		1880		subsidiary service 1900
Samarang		97	Fijenoord, Schiedam		1876		discarded 1893
Bonaire		98	Fijenoord, Schiedam		1877		depot ship 1902
Padang		100	Fijenoord, Schiedam		1878		discarded 1896
Bali (ex-St. Eustatius)		101	Fijenoord, Schiedam		1878		subsidiary service 1906
Benkoelen		106	Fijenoord, Schiedam		1879		discarded 1896

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	837
Displacement full, t	853
Length, m	53.6
Breadth, m	9.00
Draught, m	3.69
No of shafts	1
Machinery
Power, h. p.	400 - 500
Max speed, kts	8.4 - 9.3
Fuel, t	coal 130
Endurance, nm(kts)	1500(6)
Armament	Batavia, Samarang: 1 x 1 - 178/16 Armstrong 7.17-ton MLR, 2 x 1 - 120/16 Krupp No.1 Makasser: 1 x 1 - 173/22 Krupp No.1, 2 x 1 - 120/16 Krupp No.1 Madura, Bonaire, Bali, Padang, Benkoelen: 1 x 1 - 149/22 Krupp No.1, 3 x 1 - 120/16 Krupp No.1, 2 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss
Complement	84 - 104

Project history

Iron-hulled wooden-sheathed colonial gunboats.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.