| History | |
|---|---|
 Netherlands | |
| Name | Batavier IV |
| Owner | Wm. H. Müller & Co. |
| Operator | Batavier Line |
| Route | Rotterdam–London |
| Builder | Gourlay Bros & Co., Dundee |
| Yard number | 204 |
| Launched | 17 October 1902[1] |
| Fate | Chartered by British Ministry of War Transport, May 1940 |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name |
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| Acquired | By charter, May 1940 |
| Commissioned | September 1940 |
| Decommissioned | 1946 |
| Fate | Sold to the Royal Netherlands Navy, 1946 |
| Netherlands | |
| Name | Hr. Ms. Zeearend (A 892) |
| Acquired | By purchase, 1946 |
| Decommissioned | October 1970 |
| Stricken | July 1971 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping, November 1972 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Type | Passenger/cargo ship |
| Tonnage | 1,568 GRT |
| Length | 79.31 m (260 ft 2 in)[2] |
| Beam | 10.7 m (35 ft 1 in)[2] |
| Draught | 4.39 m (14 ft 5 in)[2] |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph) |
| Capacity |
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HMS Western Isles was a command ship of the Royal Navy during World War II, serving as the flagship of the Anti-Submarine Training School at Tobermory on the Isle of Mull under Vice Admiral Gilbert Stephenson. Launched in 1902 as the Dutch Batavier Line passenger ship Batavier IV, after the war she served in the Royal Netherlands Navy as the training ship Hr. Ms. Zeearend (A 892). She was decommissioned in 1970, and scrapped in 1972.
- ^ "Launch at Dundee". Dundee Evening Post. Dundee. 17 October 1902. Retrieved 11 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b c "Batavier IV". Piet's Scheeps Index (in Dutch). 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2012.