Mijnenlegger I

Mijnenlegger I was a planned minelayer for the Royal Netherlands Navy.

[3][4] However, before the ship could be completed the Japanese invaded the Dutch East Indies and as a result the ship was destroyed to prevent it from being captured.

[1] If the ship had been completed it would have been the largest and fastest minelayer of the RNN at the time.

[2] Mijnenlegger I was ordered in 1941 at the Marine Etablissement te Soerabaja in the Dutch East Indies.

[4] As the ship was still in the early phase of being constructed it was not yet fully decided what kind of armament the minelayer would be equipped with.