The Douwe Aukes class (also known as the Van Meerlant class and the Aukes class) were two minelayers of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The two ships were...

Douwe Aukes (c. 1612–1668) was a Frisian sea captain of the Dutch East India Company or VOC. The Douwe Aukes class minelayer and its name-ship the HNLMS...

the lead ship of the Douwe Aukes class, and one of her early commanders was Eugène Lacomblé. On 14 May 1940 the Douwe Aukes fled to the United Kingdom...

Japanese minelayer Yaeyama – 1 ship Nampo-class minelayer Douwe Aukes-class minelayer – 2 ships Hydra-class minelayer – 2 ships Prins van Oranje-class minelayers...

Meerlant (ML 36) was a minelayer of the Royal Netherlands Navy built in the Gusto shipyard at Schiedam as part of the Douwe Aukes class. On the general mobilisation...

She was first stationed at Falmouth alongside the two ships of the Douwe Aukes class before being transferred to Holyhead on 31 July 1940 to be the tender...

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the Netherlands and at the end of 1935 was given command of the minelayer Douwe Aukes, stationed at Ostend and Rouen. He then spent a few months on the...

Bachi. 23 January  Netherlands Gusto Shipyard Schiedam Douwe Aukes Douwe Aukes-class minelayer 13 February  United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Maid...

16 February 2011. "Trecarrel". Uboat. Retrieved 21 February 2012. "Douwe Aukes-class". netherlandsnavy.nl. Retrieved 1 July 2020. "HMT Ash (+1941)". Wrecksite...

Maurits van Nassau left Den Helder on 14 May with the minelayers HNLMS Jan van Brakel, Douwe Aukes and Nautilus, and the torpedo boats G 13 and G 15. In...