The Jan van Amstel-class ships were 55.8m (183.1feet) long, with a beam of 7.8m (25.6feet) and a draught of 2.2m (07.2feet) at deep load. They displaced was 450LT at normal load, which increased to 585LT at deep load. A pair of Yarrow boilers fed steam to two triple-expansion steam engines that each drove a single propeller shaft. The engines were rated at 1690ihp which gave the ships a speed of . They carried up to of fuel oil and had a complement of 45 officers and ratings.[1]
Eland Dubois was scuttled in the Madura Strait on 8 March 1942 after faulty boilers made it impossible for her to reach the safety of Australia. After sinking their ship the crew transferred to the, which was sunk with heavy loss of life later the same day.