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Soerabaja 1939 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
De Zeven Provinciën, 1936- Soerabaja			Rijkswerf Amsterdam	7.2.1908	15.3.1909	6.10.1910	sunk 18.2.1942

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	5973
Displacement full, t	6510
Length, m	101.5 wl 103.5 oa
Breadth, m	17.1
Draught, m	6.15
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 8 Werkspoor-Yarrow boilers
Power, h. p.	8000
Max speed, kts	16
Fuel, t	coal 872
Endurance, nm(kts)	5100(8)
Armour, mm	belt: 150 - 100, deck: 50, turrets: 250, barbettes: 250, CT: 200
Armament	2 x 1 - 283/40 Krupp No.3, 4 x 1 - 149/37 Krupp No.5, 10 x 1 - 75/52 SA No.1, 2 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 2 x 1 - 7.9/80
Complement	448

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Project history

De Zeven Provinciën was laid down after British Dreadnought and was considered obsolete already by commission moment. Design was the further development of Jacob van Heemskerck and became last and the most strong Dutch coast defence ship. 283mm/42.5 Krupp guns were heaviest of ever established on the Dutch ship (302kg shell was fired on 16100m). On trials ship reached 16.27kts at 8516hp.

Ship protection

Armoured belt protected full ship length. Main 50mm deck was connected with upper edge of the belt.

Modernizations

1936: 5 boilers were removed, remained ones were converted to oil fuel (7500hp, 16kts, 1100t oil); - 2 x 1 - 149/37, 8 x 1 - 75/52, 2 x 1 - 37/20, 2 x 1 - 7.9/80; + 2 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors No.4, 3 x 2 - 12.7/90, complement 447.

1941: - 2 x 1 - 149/37; + 4 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors No.4

Naval service

Since 1921 De Zeven Provinciën constantly served in the East Indies. There was 4.2.1933 mutiny onboard the ship for which suppression great strengths of fleet and aircraft have been involved has flared, but to cope risen it was possible only in 10 days. In July, 1933 ship was laid up into reserve, in 1935-1936 converted to gunnery drill ship and in 1936 renamed. 5 boilers and a forward funnel were removed, remaining 3 boilers were converted to oil (there is no information about speed after conversion), armament was significantly deadened. In time of WWII ship served as floating battery at Surabaya. Soerabaja was sunk by Japanese aircraft at Surabaya 18.2.1942. She was raised by Japanese, used as a hulk and subsequently scuttled again.

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