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}}{{Infobox ship class overview | Name= | Builders= Gusto, Schiedam | NLD}} | Class before= | Class after= | Subclasses= | Cost= | Built range=1919–1922 | In service range= | In commission range= 1922–1960 | Total ships building= | Total ships planned= | Total ships completed=2 | Total ships cancelled= | Total ships active= | Total ships laid up= | Total ships lost=1 | Total ships retired= | Total ships preserved=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship type=Minelayer | 687|t|LT|0|abbr=on}} | 55|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | 9|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship height= | 3.2|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship depth= | Ship propulsion=*2 Yarrow cylindrical boilers- 2 triple-expansion-engines, {{convert|1175|shp|0|abbr=on}}
- 2 shafts
- 115 tons coal
| 13|kn|lk=in}} | Ship range= | Ship endurance= | Ship complement=60 | Ship sensors= | Ship EW= | 75|mm|in|abbr=on}} L/55 semi-automatic guns- 2 × .50 calibre machine guns
- 1 × .25 calibre machine guns
- 87 sea mines
| Ship armor= | Ship notes=
}} | The Douwe Aukes class were minelayers of the Royal Netherlands Navy, named after the naval hero Douwe Aukes. The two ships were built at the Gusto shipyard in Schiedam. Construction began in 1919 and was completed in 1922. Built to serve in the Dutch territorial waters, both ships were still in service during the Second World War and they both escaped to the United Kingdom, the Douwe Aukes on 14 May and the Van Meerlant on 18 May 1940. The Van Meerlant was sunk by a mine in 1942 while in British service. Ships in class - {{ship|HNLMS|Douwe Aukes||2}} (1922–1960)
- {{ship|HNLMS|Van Meerlant||2}} (1922–1942)
Sources- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090107045657/http://www.netherlandsnavy.nl/Aukesclass.html netherlandsnavy.nl : Douwe Aukes-class minelayers] {{en icon}}
{{Commons category|Douwe Aukes class minelayers}}{{WWIIDutchShips}} 3 : Mine warfare vessel classes|Douwe Aukes-class minelayers|World War II minelayers of the Netherlands |