HNLMS Fomalhaut

	HNLMS Fomalhaut with a canoe in front
Class overview
Name	Fomalhaut class
Preceded by	Eridanus
Succeeded by	Sirius class
In service	1923–1942
Planned	1
Completed	1
Lost	1
History
Netherlands
Name	Fomalhaut
Builder	Marine Etablissement, Surabaya
Laid down	1922
Launched	1923
Commissioned	30 October 1923
Fate	Damaged by Japanese air attack and scuttled
General characteristics
Type	Patrol boat
Displacement	1,001 t (985 long tons) standard
Length	56.75 m (186 ft 2 in)
Beam	9.47 m (31 ft 1 in)
Draught	3.3 m (10 ft 10 in)
Installed power	855 hp (638 kW)
Propulsion	1 × quadruple expansion
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	47
Armament	2 × 3.7 cm (1.5 in) cannons

NameFomalhaut class

Preceded byEridanus

SucceededbySirius class

In service1923–1942

HNLMS Fomalhaut was a Government Navy patrol boat constructed at the Marine Etablissement in Surabaya. She was militarized by the Royal Netherlands Navy upon the start of the Pacific theatre of World War II.^[1]

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v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in March 1942
Shipwrecks	1 Mar: USS Edsall, HMS Encounter, HNLMS Eridanus, HNLMS Evertsen, HMS Exeter, USS Houston, USS Pecos, HMAS Perth, USS Pope, Rooseboom, U-656 2 Mar: HNLMS Aldebaran, HNLMS Banckert, HNLMS Bangkalan, HNLMS Castor, USAT Don Esteban, HNLMS Fomalhaut, Ha-13, HNLMS K X, HNLMS K XIII, HNLMS K XVIII, HNLMS Koning der Nederlanden, USS Pillsbury, USS Stewart, Toendjoek, Van Waerwijck, HNLMS Poolster, HNLMS Witte de With 3 Mar: USS Asheville, Koolama, Mary, USS Perch 4 Mar: HMAS Yarra 5 Mar: Auby 6 Mar: HNLMS Pieter de Bitter, Rononia 7 Mar: Arabutan, HNLMS Gouden Leeuw, Nyggjaberg, Uniwaleco 8 Mar: HNLMS Eland Dubois, HNLMS Jan van Amstel, Smyshlyony 10 Mar: Lady Nelson, Kongō Maru, Tenyo Maru, Yokohama Maru 11 Mar: HMS Naiad 12 Mar: Texan 13 Mar: Tama Maru No. 2, Tolten 14 Mar: U-133 15 Mar: USCGC Acacia, U-503, HMS Vortigern 17 Mar: Île de Batz, San Demetrio, Ranja 18 Mar: E.M. Clark, Kassandra Louloudis 19 Mar: Papoose 20 Mar: HMS Heythrop, Oakmar 21 Mar: Vamar 23 Mar: British Prudence, Naeco 24 Mar: HMS Southwold, U-655 26 Mar: Dixie Arrow, HMS Jaguar, HMS Legion, HMS P39 27 Mar: USS Atik, U-587, Equipoise 28 Mar: HMS Campbeltown, Raceland 29 Mar: Hertford, Z26 30 Mar: U-585 31 Mar: San Gerardo Unknown: Emilia, Panay
Other incidents	2 Mar: Ruth Kellogg, HMS Walney 4 Mar: USS Sargo, HMAS Tambar 5 Mar: Takao Maru 10 Mar: China Maru, Tama Maru No. 2 11 Mar: Komintern 15 Mar: Olean 16 Mar: Irish Willow, U-753 21 Mar: SS Esso Nashville 22 Mar: Kingston 23 Mar: USS Gato 25 Mar: Imperial Transport Unknown date: USS Drum
1941 1942 1943 February 1942 April 1942

HNLMS Fomalhaut

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Class overview

HNLMS Fomalhaut with a canoe in front


Name	Fomalhaut class
Preceded by	Eridanus
Succeeded by	Sirius class
In service	1923–1942
Planned	1
Completed	1
Lost	1



History

Netherlands
Name	Fomalhaut
Builder	Marine Etablissement, Surabaya
Laid down	1922
Launched	1923
Commissioned	30 October 1923


Fate	Damaged by Japanese air attack and scuttled


General characteristics
Type	Patrol boat
Displacement	1,001 t (985 long tons) standard
Length	56.75 m (186 ft 2 in)
Beam	9.47 m (31 ft 1 in)
Draught	3.3 m (10 ft 10 in)
Installed power	855 hp (638 kW)
Propulsion	1 × quadruple expansion
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	47
Armament	2 × 3.7 cm (1.5 in) cannons