HNLMS Schouten
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Netherlands | |
| Name | Schouten |
| Builder | Maatschappij Fijenoord, Rotterdam |
| Laid down | 1912 |
| Commissioned | December 7th 1941 |
| Out of service | February 28th 1942 |
| Renamed | Suiten Maru (Under Japanese service 1943-1945) |
| Fate | Scuttled by own crew, raised by Japanese forces, torpedoed in 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Anti-air Ship |
| Displacement | 1,805 t (1,776 long tons) standard |
| Length | 82.37 m (270 ft 3 in) |
| Beam | 12.24 m (40 ft 2 in) |
| Draught | 5.15 m (16 ft 11 in) |
| Installed power | 1,100 hp (820 kW) |
| Propulsion | 1 × Triple expansion |
| Speed | 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) |
| Complement | 26 |
| Armament | Many anti-air machineguns of different calibers |
HNLMS Schouten served as an air-defense ship for the Royal Netherlands Navy during World War II. SS Schouten was originally a passenger ship for the KPM. She was stationed in Surabaya harbor as a training ship in 1941. On 7 December 1941 Schouten was commandeered and militarized by the Royal Netherlands Navy due to the outbreak of war in the Pacific.[1]
