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History
 Netherlands
NameAtjeh
NamesakeAceh
BuilderRijkswerf, Amsterdam
Laid down3 March 1875
Launched6 November 1876
Commissioned1 November 1877
Decommissioned1921
General characteristics (as completed)
Class and typeAtjeh-class
Displacement3,160 tons
Length
  • 93.05 m (305 ft 3 in) (overall)
  • 80.00 m (262 ft 6 in) (p/p)
Beam12.497 m (41 ft 0 in)
Draft6.706 m (22 ft 0 in)
Installed power
  • Compound steam engine
  • nominal 370 kW (500 hp)
  • effective 2,200 kW (3,000 ihp)
Speed14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement225
Armament
  • 6 × 6.7 in (17 cm) (6 × 1)
  • 8 × 4.7 in (12 cm) (8 × 1)
Armourengine behind coal bunkers

HNLMS Atjeh (Dutch: Zr.Ms/Hr.Ms. Atjeh), was an Atjeh-class unprotected cruiser built in Amsterdam for the Royal Netherlands Navy.

Service history

Atjeh was laid down at the Rijkswerf in Amsterdam on 3 March 1875.[1] The launched took place on 6 November 1876.[2] The ship was commissioned on 1 November 1877. Later the ship had to undergo speed trials at Texel where she reached 14,5 knots. 1 June 1978 the ship left the port of Nieuwediep for a cruise in the North Atlantic Ocean but while just underway here topmasts broke and she had to return to port for repairs. After repairs where completed she returned to Texel on 12 June.[3] 20 July she visited Leith, Scotland and left there on 26 July for a trip along the Dutch coast turning around at Scheveningen and returning to Texel on 1 August.[4] 15 August 1978 the ship was decommissioned.[5]

Atjeh was recommissioned on 1 October 1979.[6] The ship left the Netherlands for the Dutch East Indies, steaming around the Cape of Good Hope and arriving in Batavia on 28 March 1880. Here she joined the Auxiliary squadron replacing Curaçao.[7] She also docked at Onrust and made a trip to Northeren Borneo, Philippines, the Solok archipelago and Makassar returing 19 August 1980 at Surabaya. From there she made a trip to Australia on 19 August that year. After she visiting Timor she returned to Batavia on 13 January 1981.[8]

Early May she left for Surabaya and from 10 to 12 June she preformed the yearly measurement of the shoal at the mouth of the Solo River. Returning to Batavia late June. From 4 September till 1 October she made a trip to the Riau Archipelago, Lingga Archipelago and East coast of Sumatra for practice and showing the flag. During the first halve of October she was send to Muntok due to the outbreak of cholera on Java where she stayed over a month. In the second halve of November she made a trip along the North and East coast of Aceh. In late December she was tasked with finding survivors of the shipwrecked SS Koning der Nederlanden in the Indian Ocean. She returned from this in February 1882 to Batavia.[9] In June 1882 she made a trip to Aceh from witch she returned on 26 January 1883.[10] From 15 April till November 1883 she was in Ache and returned on 9 November. She then proceeded to Onrust to prepare for her return to Europe.The ship left the East Indies for the Netherlands on 21 February 1884 from Batavia.[11][12]

In 1906 Atjeh was rebuilt as accommodation ship and commissioned as such on 8 November that year at the navel base Willemsoord, Den Helder.[13] The ship was decommissioned in 1921 and last mentioned on the navies inventory list in 1928.[14][15]

Notes

  1. ^ Departement van Marine 1877, p. 16.
  2. ^ Departement van Marine 1878, p. 7.
  3. ^ Departement van Marine 1879, p. 21.
  4. ^ Departement van Marine 1879, p. 23.
  5. ^ Departement van Marine 1879, p. 24.
  6. ^ Departement van Marine 1881, p. 8.
  7. ^ Departement van Marine 1881, p. 313.
  8. ^ Koloniaal verslag van 1881, Bijlage C [5.8], Bijlage F, pp. 10-11
  9. ^ Koloniaal verslag van 1882, Bijlage C [5.9], Bijlage G, pp. 8-11
  10. ^ Koloniaal verslag van 1883, Bijlage C [5.8], Bijlage F, pp. 8-9
  11. ^ Koloniaal verslag van 1884, Bijlage C [5.8], Bijlage F, pp. 10-11
  12. ^ Koloniaal verslag van 1885, Bijlage C [5.8], Bijlage F, pp. 8-9
  13. ^ Departement van Marine 1908, p. 97.
  14. ^ Departement van Marine 1923, p. 127.
  15. ^ Departement van Marine 1929, p. 224.

References

  • Departement van Marine (1877), Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemagt 1875-1876, De Gebroeders van Cleef
  • Departement van Marine (1878), Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemagt 1876-1877, De Gebroeders van Cleef
  • Departement van Marine (1879), Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemagt 1877-1878, De Gebroeders van Cleef
  • Departement van Marine (1881), Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemagt 1879-1880, De Gebroeders van Cleef
  • Departement van Marine (1908), Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Marine 1906-1907, De Gebroeders van Cleef
  • Departement van Marine (1923), Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Marine 1921-1922, De Gebroeders van Cleef
  • Departement van Marine (1929), Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Marine 1927-1928, De Gebroeders van Cleef
  • Koloniaal verslag van 1881 (Bijlage C 5.8, Bijlage F)
  • Koloniaal verslag van 1882 (Bijlage C 5.9, Bijlage G)
  • Koloniaal verslag van 1883 (Bijlage C 5.8, Bijlage F)
  • Koloniaal verslag van 1884 (Bijlage C 5.8, Bijlage F)
  • Koloniaal verslag van 1885 (Bijlage C 5.7, Bijlage E)
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