HNLMS Colombia

MS Colombia as a passenger liner in 1934
History
Netherlands
NameColombia
Launched1930
Commissioned20 May 1941
Out of service27 February 1943
FateTorpedoed off the coast of Simonstad in 1943.
General characteristics
TypeAuxiliary, submarine tender
Displacement14,600 t (14,400 long tons) standard
Length139.30 m (457 ft 0 in)
Beam18.7 m (61 ft 4 in)
Draught8.10 m (26 ft 7 in)
Installed power8,000 hp (6,000 kW)
Propulsion2 × Werkspoor four stroke expansion engines powering 2 shafts
Speed15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph)
Complement273
Armament
  • 4 × single 76 mm (3.0 in) cannon
  • 8 × single 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon guns
  • 6 × single 12.7 mm (0.50 in) machine guns
  • 4 × single 7.9 mm (0.31 in) machine guns

HNLMS Colombia was originally an ocean liner, registered as MS Colombia. She was the flagship of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Stoomboot-Maatschappij. She would be commandeered and militarized by the Royal Netherlands Navy on 8 November 1940.

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