Hydra-class minelayer

For other ships with the same name, see Hydra class frigate and Hydra class battleship.

Class overview
HNLMS Hydra
Name:	Hydra class
Builders:	Rijkswerf, Amsterdam
Operators:	Royal Netherlands Navy
Built:	1910–1912
In commission:	1911–1964
Completed:	2
Lost:	1
General characteristics
Type:	Minelayer
Displacement:	593 t (584 long tons) standard 657 t (647 long tons) full
Length:	49.7 m (163 ft 1 in)
Propulsion:	800 hp (600 kW) engine
Speed:	11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement:	59
Armament:	Hydra: 3 × 75 mm (3 in) guns (3×1) 2 × .50 calibre machine guns 70 naval mines Medusa: 2 × 75 mm (3 in) HA/LA semi-automatic guns 1 × 75 mm (3 in) L/55 No. 2 semi-automatic gun 2 × .50 calibre machine guns 1 × .25 calibre machine gun 73 naval mines

The Hydra class were two minelayers of the Royal Netherlands Navy, built to serve in the Dutch East Indies and Dutch territorial waters in Europe. The construction of the ships began in 1910 and was completed in 1912. The ships were built by the navy yard (Rijkswerf) in Amsterdam. Both ships were still in service during the Second World War. Only Medusa escaped to the United Kingdom, however. Hydra was lost after the ship was fired on by an anti-tank weapon. The minelayer sank in the waters off Zeeland.

Ships in class

HNLMS Hydra (1912) (1912–1940)
HNLMS Medusa (1911) (1911–1964)

Sources

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Dutch naval ship classes of World War II

Battlecruisers

Design 1047^X

Cruisers

Destroyers

Frigates

Johan Maurits van Nassau^B^S

Gunboats and sloops

Submarines

O-series	O 9 O 12 O 16^S O 19 O 21

K-series	K V K VIII K XI K XIV

Other	Dolfijn^B^S Zeehond^B^S Zwaardvisch^B

Mine warfare vessel

Minelayers	Hydra Douwe Aukes Prins van Oranje Willem van der Zaan^S

Minesweepers	M A Jan van Amstel ABC

B: ex-British
C: Completed after the war
S: Single ship of class
X: Cancelled

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