HNLMS Albatros
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NameAlbatros
NamesakeAlbatros
BuilderKoninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde, Vlissingen
Commissioned28 March 1912
 HNLMS Albatros | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Netherlands | |
| Name | Albatros |
| Namesake | Albatros |
| Builder | Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde, Vlissingen |
| Commissioned | 28 March 1912 |
| Decommissioned | 2 March 1942 (Scuttled) |
| Renamed | Nibato Maru (As Salvage Ship for the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1943 to 1945) |
| Fate | Recommissioned into the Gouvernements Marine after the Second World War, retired from service in 1947. |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Auxiliary,patrol ship, salvage ship, seaplane tender |
| Displacement | 1,150 t (1,130 long tons) standard |
| Length | 50 m (164 ft 1 in) |
| Beam | 9.5 m (31 ft 2 in) |
| Draught | 3.1 m (10 ft 2 in) |
| Installed power | 1,150 hp (860 kW) |
| Propulsion | 1 × Werkspoor triple expansion engine powering 1 shaft |
| Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
| Complement | 42 |
| Armament | 2 × single 37 mm (1.5 in) cannons |
HNLMS Albatros was a Government Navy vessel serving as patrol ship, seaplane tender and salvage ship. On the outbreak of the Second World War she was militarized and commissioned by the Royal Netherlands Navy.[1]