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History
 Netherlands
NameAtjeh
NamesakeAceh
BuilderRijkswerf, Amsterdam
Laid down3 March 1875
Launched6 November 1876
Commissioned1 November 1877
Decommissioned1921
General characteristics (as completed)
Class and typeAtjeh-class
Displacement3,160 tons
Length
  • 93.05 m (305 ft 3 in) (overall)
  • 80.00 m (262 ft 6 in) (p/p)
Beam12.497 m (41 ft 0 in)
Draft6.706 m (22 ft 0 in)
Installed power
  • Compound steam engine
  • nominal 370 kW (500 hp)
  • effective 2,200 kW (3,000 ihp)
Speed14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement225
Armament
  • 6 × 6.7 in (17 cm) (6 × 1)
  • 8 × 4.7 in (12 cm) (8 × 1)
Armourengine behind coal bunkers

HNLMS Atjeh (Dutch: Zr.Ms/Hr.Ms. Atjeh), was an Atjeh-class unprotected cruiser built in Amsterdam for the Royal Netherlands Navy.

Service history

Atjeh was laid down at the Rijkswerf in Amsterdam on 3 March 1875.[1] The launched took place on 6 November 1876.[2] The ship was commissioned on 1 November 1877. Later the ship had to undergo speed trials at Texel where she reached 14,5 knots. 1 June 1978 the ship left the port of Nieuwediep for a cruise in the North Atlantic Ocean but while just underway her topmasts broke and she had to return to port for repairs. After repairs where completed she returned to Texel on 12 June.[3] 20 July she visited Leith, Scotland and left there on 26 July for a trip along the Dutch coast turning around at Scheveningen and returning to Texel on 1 August.[4] 15 August 1878 the ship was decommissioned.[5]

Atjeh was recommissioned on 1 October 1879.[6] The ship left the Netherlands for the Dutch East Indies, steaming around the Cape of Good Hope and arriving in Batavia on 28 March 1880. Here she joined the Auxiliary squadron replacing Curaçao.[7] She also docked at Onrust and made a trip to Northeren Borneo, Philippines, the Solok archipelago and Makassar returning 19 August 1980 at Surabaya. From there she made a trip to Australia on 19 August that year. After she visiting Timor she returned to Batavia on 13 January 1981.[8]

Early May she left for Surabaya and from 10 to 12 June she preformed the yearly measurement of the shoal at the mouth of the Solo River. Returning to Batavia late June. From 4 September till 1 October she made a trip to the Riau Archipelago, Lingga Archipelago and East coast of Sumatra for practice and showing the flag. During the first halve of October she was send to Muntok due to the outbreak of cholera on Java where she stayed over a month. In the second halve of November she made a trip along the North and East coast of Aceh. In late December she was tasked with finding survivors of the shipwrecked SS Koning der Nederlanden in the Indian Ocean. She returned from this in February 1882 to Batavia.[9] In June 1882 she made a trip to Aceh from witch she returned on 26 January 1883.[10] From 15 April till November 1883 she was in Ache and returned on 9 November. She then proceeded to Onrust to prepare for her return to Europe.The ship left the East Indies for the Netherlands on 21 February 1884 from Batavia.[11][12]

Atjeh arrived at Texel on 24 June 1884.[13] In the autumn of 1884 she made a trip to the Atlantic Ocean for practice and a trip to the West coast of Africa. The ship left Texel on 16 November 1884 and visited among others Tenerife, Freetown and Monrovia. At Futila she set ashore a landing party to help put down a rebellion of locals against a Dutch factory there. On the journey back she stopped at Lisbon for provisions, docked at Ferrol and visited Portsmouth. 2 June 1885 she arrived back at Texel.[14]

The ship arrived on 31 January 1890 in Batavia to relieve De Ruyter but had to leave on 24 February for a trip to the Persian Gulf from witch she left in late April steaming to Bombay and then to Ache.[15] Atjeh arrived in Olehleh, Ache on 31 May 1890 where she replaced Van Speyk at the navel force stationed at the North coast of Ache. From 6 till 24 February she was in Singapore to dock and then proceeded to Batavia. Then end of March she was back at Ache.[16] Where she joined the navel force stationed at the North coast of Ache on 20 March 1891 till 14 March 1892. 13 March she arrived in Batavia from witch she left on 16 March to make a trip to Surabaya.[17]At Surabaya she received some maintenance. From 15 April till 28 May 1982 Atjeh cruised the waters around Bali and Lombok. After that she was until 29 June present at Ampenan, Lombok to survey the shipping in that area. From there she left for Makassar, Celebes where she arrived on 1 July. She stayed there until 7 July to leave again for the waters around Bali and Lombok. 21 August she was back at Makassar where she stayed until 11 October. When she left again for service in the waters around Bali and Lombok. Witch lasted until 16 November. 16 December she visited Surabaya where she received some maintenance. From there she left for service in the waters around Bali and Lombok. From 18 January till 1 February 1893 Atjeh was at Surabaya. After that she served until 21 March in the waters of Bali and Lombok and from there steamed to Batavia.[18] On 29 April 1893 she left for Makassar where she stayed from 3 till 7 May. After that she was until 28 May present at Ampenan, Lombok to survey the shipping in that area. From here she left for Surabaya where she arrived on 30 May, staying until 14 June. Then she returned to the waters around Bali and Lombok where she served until 27 July. After that she went to Surabaya to prepare here for the journey back to Europe. From there she steamed to Tanjung Priok where she arrived on 27 August. On 28 August 1893 she left Tanjung Priok for the Netherlands.[19]

Atjeh arrived at Tanjung Priok on 27 December 1895, having departed from the Netherlands. She left Tanjung Priok on 12 January 1896 and became part of the navel force stationed at the east of Java and Borneo on 15 January. On this day she departed from Ampenan, Lombok to Makassar, Celebes. In march and April that year she made a trip along the West and East coast of Celebes and from there to Ternate, Ambon, Banda Islands and back to Makassar.[20]

In 1906 Atjeh was rebuilt as accommodation ship and commissioned as such on 8 November that year at the navel base Willemsoord, Den Helder.[21] The ship was decommissioned in 1921 and last mentioned on the navies inventory list in 1928.[22][23]

Notes

  1. ^ Departement van Marine 1877, p. 16.
  2. ^ Departement van Marine 1878, p. 7.
  3. ^ Departement van Marine 1879, p. 21.
  4. ^ Departement van Marine 1879, p. 23.
  5. ^ Departement van Marine 1879, p. 24.
  6. ^ Departement van Marine 1881, p. 8.
  7. ^ Departement van Marine 1881, p. 313.
  8. ^ Koloniaal verslag van 1881, Bijlage C [5.8], Bijlage F, pp. 10-11
  9. ^ Koloniaal verslag van 1882, Bijlage C [5.9], Bijlage G, pp. 8-11
  10. ^ Koloniaal verslag van 1883, Bijlage C [5.8], Bijlage F, pp. 8-9
  11. ^ Koloniaal verslag van 1884, Bijlage C [5.8], Bijlage F, pp. 10-11
  12. ^ Koloniaal verslag van 1885, Bijlage C [5.8], Bijlage F, pp. 8-9
  13. ^ Departement van Marine 1885, p. 175.
  14. ^ Departement van Marine 1886, p. 197.
  15. ^ Koloniaal verslag van 1890, Bijlage C [5.8], Bijlage F, pp. 8-9
  16. ^ Koloniaal verslag van 1891, Bijlage C [5.8], Bijlage F, pp. 8-9
  17. ^ Koloniaal verslag van 1892, Bijlage C [5.10], Bijlage H, pp. 8-9
  18. ^ Koloniaal verslag van 1893, Bijlage C [5.9], Bijlage G, pp. 8-9
  19. ^ Koloniaal verslag van 1894, Bijlage C [5.9], Bijlage G, pp. 8-9
  20. ^ Koloniaal verslag van 1896, Bijlage C [5.9], Bijlage G, pp. 10-11
  21. ^ Departement van Marine 1908, p. 97.
  22. ^ Departement van Marine 1923, p. 127.
  23. ^ Departement van Marine 1929, p. 224.

References

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