D.K.M. K3
1942
(Neptun 1087)
- Class: K1 - 3 gunboats of 1937
- Displacement: 1,180 tons standard; 1,400 tons full load
- Dimensions: 255'11" (oa) x 33'6" x 9'6"
- Machinery: 2-shaft B&W diesels, 3500bhp = 15 knots
- Armament: 4-105mm (2x2), 4-37mm AA (2x2), 12-20mm AA guns, 200 mines
- Complement: 180
- Builder: P. Smit, Rotterdam
- Laid Down: 1939
- Launched: 22 Mar 1941
- Commissioned: 24 Jan 1942
- Notes: One of three Dutch gunboats under construction when captured on the stocks in May 1940 by the Germans. All three completed and designated K1, K2, and K3. The first two were sunk during the war, but K3 survived and was returned to the Dutch at the end of the war. Renamed Van Speyk in 1946, re-engined in 1953, and on active duty until scrapped in 1960.
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