Prins van Oranje-class minelayer

	Prins van Oranje
Class overview
Name	Prins van Oranje class
Builders	De Maas, Slikkerveer
Operators	Royal Netherlands Navy
Built	1930–1932
In commission	1932–1942
Completed	2
Lost	2
General characteristics
Type	Minelayer
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;

The Prins van Oranje class consisted of two minelayers built for the Royal Netherlands Navy during the 1930s, intended to serve in the Dutch East Indies. Completed in 1932, both ships were stationed there when the Pacific War began in December 1941. Prins van Oranje was sunk by a Japanese destroyer in January 1942 and her sister ship, Gouden Leeuw was scuttled as a blockship when Dutch forces surrendered in March.