The ABC class was a class of six police cruisers of the Government Navy used for fishery protection, counter smuggling and small personnel and cargo transport. Upon the declaration of war by the Netherlands on Japan following the Attack on Pearl Harbor, the entire class was commandeered by the Royal Netherlands Navy and would be militarized and converted to auxiliary minesweepers.Mark, Chris (1997). Schepen van de Koninklijke Marine in W.O. II. Alkmaar: De Alk. ISBN 978-90-6013-522-8.Helfrich, Conrad Emile Lambert (1950). Memoires van Admiraal Helfrich Amsterdam: Elsevier.

Ships of class Name Construction yardCompleted FateTandjong Priok Drydock Co., Tanjung Priok1938Scuttled by own crew at Tanjung Priok on 2 March 1942 after the Battle of the Java Sea made it seemingly impossible to escape to Australia.Tandjong Priok Drydock Co., Tanjung Priok1938Scuttled by own crew at Tanjung Priok on 2 March 1942 after the Battle of the Java Sea made it seemingly impossible to escape to Australia.Tandjong Priok Drydock Co., Tanjung Priok1938Scuttled by own crew at Tanjung Priok on 2 March 1942 after the Battle of the Java Sea made it seemingly impossible to escape to Australia. Salvaged and repaired by Japanese forces, commissioned 10 August 1943 as submarine chaser Cha 117. Sunk by on 23 July 1945.Tandjong Priok Drydock Co., Tanjung Priok1938Scuttled by own crew at Tanjung Priok on 2 March 1942 after the Battle of the Java Sea made it seemingly impossible to escape to Australia.Tandjong Priok Drydock Co., Tanjung Priok1938In February 1942 Ceram rescued 38 survivors from the troop transport Sloet van de Beele which was sunk by aircraft from the . Scuttled by own crew at Tanjung Priok on 2 March 1942 after the Battle of the Java Sea made it seemingly impossible to escape to Australia.Tandjong Priok Drydock Co., Tanjung Priok1938Scuttled by own crew at Tanjung Priok on 2 March 1942 after the Battle of the Java Sea made it seemingly impossible to escape to Australia.

See also List of minesweepers of the Royal Netherlands Navy

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