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Hr. Ms. Flores
Flores
History
HNLMS FloresNetherlands
NameFlores
NamesakeFlores Island
BuilderMij Feijenoord, Schiedam
Laid down13 January 1925
Launched15 August 1925
Commissioned25 March 1926
Stricken26 August 1968
IdentificationPennant numbers: F66, N1, F803, A877
FateSold for scrapping 12 November 1968
General characteristics
TypeFlores-class gunboat
Displacement
  • 1,457 long tons (1,480 t) standard
  • 1,793 long tons (1,822 t) full load
Length75.6 m (248 ft 0 in)
Beam11.5 m (37 ft 9 in)
Draught3.6 m (11 ft 10 in)
Installed power
  • 2,000 shp (1,500 kW)
  • 4 Yarrow boilers
Propulsion2 shafts, 2 Triple-expansion steam engines
Speed15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement145
Armament
  • As built:
  • 3 × 5.9 in (150 mm) No. 7 guns
  • 1 × 75 mm gun
  • 4 × .50 Browning machine guns
  • Added:
  • 1 × 40 mm pom-pom
  • 4 × Hotchkiss 20 mm cannons
  • 8 × .303 Lewis MGs
Armour
  • Bridge: 50 mm (2.0 in)
  • Deck: 25–50 mm (0.98–1.97 in)
  • Ammunition hoists: 25 mm (0.98 in)
  • Gun shields: 14–80 mm (0.55–3.15 in)

HNLMS Flores (Dutch: Hr.Ms. Flores) was a Flores-class gunboat built in the mid-1920s for the Royal Netherlands Navy to patrol the Dutch East Indies.

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