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Name | Christiaan Huygens |
Namesake | Christiaan Huygens |
Owner | Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland |
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Port of registry | |
Route | Amsterdam – Batavia (1928–39) |
Builder | NSM, Amsterdam |
Yard number | 186 |
Laid down | 13 March 1926[1] |
Launched | 28 September 1927[1] |
Completed | December 1927[1] |
Maiden voyage | 28 February 1928 |
Out of service | 26 August 1945 |
Identification |
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Fate | Struck a mine and broke in two 26 August 1945 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Ocean liner, troopship |
Tonnage | 15,704 GRT, 9,319 NRT |
Length | 168.07 m (551.4 ft) |
Beam | 20.97 m (68.8 ft) |
Draught | 12.12 m (39 ft 9 in) |
Depth | 11.03 m (36.2 ft) |
Decks | 3 |
Installed power | 2,490 NHP, 5,800 bhp |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h) |
Capacity | 638 passengers |
Troops | 3,178 |
Crew | 230 |
Christiaan Huygens was a Dutch ocean liner that was built in 1927 by the Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij for the Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland (SMN). She was employed on the Amsterdam – Batavia route until the outbreak of the Second World War. Requisitioned as a troopship, she was employed in the Mediterranean Sea and Indian Ocean. Surviving the end of the war in Europe, she struck a mine in the Scheldt on 26 August 1945 and was beached. She broke in two on 5 September and was declared a total loss.