HNLMS Gouden Leeuw

	Gouden Leeuw
History
Netherlands
Name	Gouden Leeuw
Builder	N.V. Internationale Scheepsbouw Mij. 'De Maas'
Laid down	23 September 1930
Launched	9 September 1931
Commissioned	24 February 1932
Out of service	7 March 1942
Fate	Scuttled by crew 7 March 1942
General characteristics
Displacement	1,291 long tons (1,312 t) (full load)
Length	66 m (216 ft 6 in) (pp)
Beam	11 m (36 ft 1 in)
Draught	3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Installed power	boilers; 1,750 ihp (1,305 kW);
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 vertical triple expansion engines
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	121
Armament	2 × single 75 mm (3 in) AA guns; 2 × single 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors AA guns; 2 × single 12.7 mm (0.50 in) machine guns; 150 naval mines;

Gouden Leeuw (Dutch: Hr.Ms. Gouden Leeuw) was a Prins van Oranje-class minelayer built for the Royal Netherlands Navy during the 1930s, intended to serve in the Dutch East Indies. Completed in 1932, the ship was stationed there when the Pacific War began in December 1941. Gouden Leeuw laid multiple defensive minefields in East Indian waters after the war began. One of these claimed a Japanese minesweeper in February 1942. The ship was scuttled as a blockship when Dutch forces surrendered the following month.