"predator",[A 1] were a class of eight destroyers that were built between 1910 and 1913 for the Royal Netherlands Navy to serve in the Dutch East Indies.

They were powered by four Yarrow boilers installed creating steam that produced 8,500 horsepower (6,300 kW).

This gave the last four ships an additional 340 nautical miles (630 km; 390 mi) of endurance.

They are named after mammals of the order Carnivora (Roofdieren is a synonym for carnivore in Dutch).

Their names in English, in the sequence listed, mean: wolf, ferret, bulldog, jackal, ermine, lynx, fox and panther.