Hydra class minelayer

The Hydra class was a class of two minelayers of the Royal Netherlands Navy, built to serve in the Dutch East Indies and Dutch territorial waters in Europe. The construction of the ships began in 1910 and was completed in 1912. The ships where build by the shipyard "Rijkswerf" in Amsterdam. Both ships where still in service during the Second World War. Only the "Medusa" escaped to the United Kingdom, however. The "Hydra" was lost after it was fired by an antitank weapon. It sank in the waters off Zeeland

Ships in class

* Hr. Ms. Hydra (1912-1940)
* Hr. Ms. Medusa (1911-1964)

ource

* [http://netherlandsnavy.nl/Hydraclass.html netherlandsnavy.nl :: Hydra-class minelayers] en