HNLMS Medusa (''HW 1'', ''A 890'') was a Dutch , built in Amsterdam and named after Medusa in Greek mythology.

Service history

In the late afternoon of 14 May 1940, under constant heavy attack, the ''Medusa'' sailed for the United Kingdom, reaching The Downs the following day. She was first stationed at Falmouth alongside the two ships of the Douwe Aukes class before being transferred to

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on 31 July 1940 to be the tender to the Dutch depot ship ''Stuyvesant''. After the war the ''Medusa'' remained in the UK until 15 January 1946, before returning to the Netherlands to provide accommodation and training facilities for the

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. She was officially decommissioned on 5 June 1965, being sold for scrap the following 25 September to the Jos Desmedt yard in

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