HNLMS Banckert (1929)

HNLMS Banckert in 1934
History
Netherlands
NameBanckert
NamesakeAdriaen Banckert
BuilderRotterdamBurgerhout's Scheepswerf en Machinefabriek, Rotterdam
Laid down15 August 1928
Launched14 November 1929
Commissioned14 November 1930
FateScuttled at Surabaya, 2 March 1942; later raised and repaired by Imperial Japanese Navy
Reacquired23 October 1945
Stricken5 March 1947
FateSunk as target ship, 1949
Japan
NamePatrol Boat No. 106
BuilderNo. 103 Repair Facility at Cavite Naval Base
Acquired20 March 1944 (raised)
Commissioned20 April 1944
FateSurrendered, 23 October 1945
General characteristics
Class & typeAdmiralen-class destroyer
Displacement1,316 long tons (1,337 t) (standard)
Length98.15 m (322 ft 0 in)
Beam9.53 m (31 ft 3 in)
Draft2.97 m (9 ft 9 in)
Installed power
Propulsion2 × shafts, 2 × geared turbines
Speed36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range3,200 nmi (5,900 km; 3,700 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement143
Armament
  • 4 × single 120 mm (4.7 in) guns
  • 1 × single 75 mm (3 in) AA gun
  • 4 × single 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns
  • 4 × single 12.7 mm (0.50 in) guns
  • 2 × triple 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried1 × Fokker C.VII-W floatplane
Aviation facilitiescrane

HNLMS Banckert (Dutch: Hr.Ms. Banckert) was a Admiralen-class destroyer built for the Royal Netherlands Navy during the 1920s. Completed in 1930, the ship served during World War II. She was in the Dutch East Indies when the Japanese attacked in December 1941. Banckert was damaged multiple times by Japanese aircraft and ultimately had to be scuttled in March 1942 to prevent her capture. She was refloated by the Japanese, who unsuccessfully attempted to repair her. The ship was recaptured at the end of the war in 1945 and was sunk as a target in 1949.