HNLMS Colombia (1930)
.jpg) MS Colombia as a passenger liner in 1934
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| History | |
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| Name | Colombia |
| Launched | 1930 |
| Commissioned | 20 May 1941 |
| Out of service | 27 February 1943 |
| Fate | Torpedoed off the coast of Simonstad in 1943. |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Auxiliary, submarine tender |
| Displacement | 14,600 t (14,400 long tons) standard |
| Length | 139.30 m (457 ft 0 in) |
| Beam | 18.7 m (61 ft 4 in) |
| Draught | 8.10 m (26 ft 7 in) |
| Installed power | 8,000 hp (6,000 kW) |
| Propulsion | 2 × Werkspoor four stroke expansion engines powering 2 shafts |
| Speed | 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) |
| Complement | 273 |
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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.[1]
Service history
[edit]Serving as a troopship during the first year of her career with the Royal Netherlands Navy, Colombia was converted at Dundee into a submarine tender with the conversion work lasting from 1 May to 18 September 1941. She served in her role as submarine tender until she was torpedoed by the German submarine U-516, off the coast of Simonstown, Union of South Africa (33°36′S 27°29′E / 33.600°S 27.483°E), on 27 February 1943. Eight of the 326 crew died during her sinking, with remaining survivors rescued by HMS Genista and a Royal Air Force launch.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Mark, Chris (1997). Schepen van de Koninklijke Marine in W.O. II. Alkmaar: De Alk. ISBN 978-90-6013-522-8.
- ^ "Colombia". Uboat. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
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