HNLMS Mico
| History | |
|---|---|
 Netherlands | |
| Name | Mico |
| Builder | L. Smit & Zoon, Kinderdijk |
| Laid down | 1939 |
| Launched | 1939 |
| Commissioned | 1941 Royal Netherlands Navy |
| Out of service | 1946 Royal Netherlands Navy |
| Fate | Returned to owner in 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Patrol Boat, Auxiliary Minesweeper |
| Displacement | 118 t (116 long tons) standard |
| Length | 24.25 m (79 ft 7 in) |
| Beam | 5.70 m (18 ft 8 in) |
| Draught | 3.30 m (10 ft 10 in) |
| Installed power | 350 hp (260 kW) |
| Propulsion | 1 × Diesel Engine |
| Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 15 |
| Armament | 2 x Machine Guns |
HNLMS Mico was originally a tugboat constructed for use in the Dutch Caribbean. The ship was completed in 1939 and would be requisitioned and militarized by the Royal Netherlands Navy in 1941.[1][2]
Service history
[edit]The tugboat Mico was in Curaçao when the Second Wold War broke out. Initially the waters in the Dutch Caribbean were defended by a combination of Dutch Submarines and the sloop HNLMS Van Kinsbergen, but the submarines were soon moved to the UK to serve in the European theatre and the Van Kinsbergen would start escorting convoys leaving the defence of the Dutch Carribbean in the defense of the USN. To strengthen the local regiments, the Mico was requisitioned and militarized.[1][2]
During the war the ship would be continuously patrolling the waters around the Dutch Carribbean and Surinam. After the war's end the ship would be returned to its former owner in 1946 and serve out the rest of its days as a tug once again.[1][2]