Cha117 1943
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Alor | HMV2 | Tandjong Priok Droogdok | 1938 | 1938 | scuttled 2/3/1942 | |
| Aroe | HMV1 | Tandjong Priok Droogdok | 1938 | 1938 | scuttled 2/3/1942 | |
| Bantam | HMV4 | Tandjong Priok Droogdok | 1938 | 1938 | scuttled 2/3/1942 | |
| Bogor | HMV3 | Tandjong Priok Droogdok | 1938 | 1938 | scuttled 2/3/1942 | |
| Ceram | HMV5 | Tandjong Priok Droogdok | 1938 | 1938 | scuttled 2/3/1942 | |
| Cheribon | HMV6 | Tandjong Priok Droogdok | 1938 | 1938 | scuttled 2/3/1942 |
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Displacement standard, t |
131 |
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Displacement full, t |
145 |
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Length, m |
29.3 pp 31.6 oa |
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Breadth, m |
5.45 |
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Draught, m |
1.84 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
Werkspoor diesel |
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Power, h. p. |
300 |
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Max speed, kts |
12 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 37/23 Hotchkiss, 2 x 1 - 7.7/94 |
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Complement |
18 |
Ship project history: Dispatch vessels of Gouvernementmarine intending for transportation of passengers and small cargoes between islands, in 1940 they were converted to minesweepers.
Modernizations: 1940, all: + sweeps
Naval service: All were destroyed by crews at Tandjung Priok on the night of 2/3/1942. Bantam was salvaged by Japanese and commissioned 10/3/1943 as auxiliary submarine chaser Cha117, 23/7/1945 she was sunk by American submarine Hardhead S off Bali.
Ceram
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