HNLMS Moera Boelian
| History | |
|---|---|
| Netherlands | |
| Name | Moeara Boelian |
| Builder | Tandjong Priok Drydock Co., Tanjung Priok |
| Launched | 1930 |
| Commissioned | 1930 as MV Moeara Boelian |
| Out of service | 2 March 1942 |
| Fate | Scuttled by own crew |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Auxiliary, Tanker |
| Displacement | 194 t (191 long tons) standard Empty load |
| Length | 33.7 m (110 ft 7 in) |
| Beam | 6.4 m (21 ft 0 in) |
| Draught | 2.1 m (6 ft 11 in) |
| Installed power | 120 hp (89 kW) |
| Propulsion | 1 x Kromhout diesel engine |
| Speed | 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) normal |
MV Moeara Boelian was a small merchant tanker. It was one of many commercial ships used as tankers for the Government Navy and later the Royal Netherlands Navy due to the lack of a dedicated tanker.[1][2]
Service history
From 1930 to the start of the war in the Pacific in 1941, Moeara Boelian was one of many tankers serving in the Netherlands East Indies to transport oil from the many drill sites. After the defeat of the Allies at the Battle of the Java Sea by the Imperial Japanese Navy, Moeara Boelian was trapped in Surabaya harbor. Unable to flee, the ship was scuttled by its own crew on 6 March 1942.[1][3]
After the end of World War II, the ship did not go back to the Netherlands and was instead given to the Soviet Union as a war reprisal. It was eventually renamed Polyarnik and served with the Soviet Pacific Fleet. It was decommissioned sometime after 1985 and was stricken on 1987 or 1990 depending on the source.
References
- ^ a b Mark, Chris (1997). Schepen van de Koninklijke Marine in W.O. II. Alkmaar: De Alk. ISBN 978-90-6013-522-8.
- ^ von Münching, L. L. (1978). Schepen van de Koninklijke Marine in de tweede wereldoorlog (in Dutch). Alkmaar: Alk. ISBN 978-90-6013-903-5.
- ^ Helfrich, Conrad Emile Lambert (1950). Memoires van Admiraal Helfrich Amsterdam: Elsevier.