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HNMS Jan van Brakel (M 80)

Minelayer of the Jan van Brakel class

NavyThe Royal Dutch Navy
TypeMinelayer
ClassJan van Brakel 
PennantM 80 
Built byKoninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde (Vlissingen (Flushing), The Netherlands) 
Ordered19 Nov, 1934 
Laid down23 May, 1935 
Launched8 Feb, 1936 
Commissioned25 Jun, 1936 
End service1 Aug, 1957 
Loss position
 
HistoryHrMs Jan van Brakel escaped from Holland to the U.K. on 14 1940.
She served as a convoy escort on the east coast of the U.K. until April 1942 when she was sent to the Dutch West Indies where she also served on escort duties.
She returned to the U.K. in late 1944 where she was converted to a depotship for minesweepers.
Stricken on 1 August 1957 and expended as a target off Biak. 

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