The Prins van Oranje class consisted of two minelayers built for the Royal Netherlands Navy during the 1930s, intended to serve in the Dutch East Indies. Completed in 1932, both ships were stationed there when the Pacific War began in December 1941. was sunk by a Japanese destroyer in January 1942 and her sister ship, was scuttled as a blockship when Dutch forces surrendered in March.
The Prins van Oranje-class ships displaced at deep load. They measured long between perpendiculars with a beam of and a draught of . The minelayers were powered by a pair of triple-expansion steam engines, each turning a propeller shaft. Their boilers provided enough steam for the engines to produce a total of . The vessels had a maximum speed of . They had a complement of 121 officers and ratings.
The Prins van Oranje class were armed with a pair of single-mounted anti-aircraft (AA) guns on single mounts positioned fore and aft of the superstructure. They were also armed with two Bofors AA guns and a pair of machine guns on single mounts. They carried 121 naval mines.
The ships were built by the De Maas shipyard in Slikkerveer.
After the Pacific War began on 8 December 1941, the sisters were employed laying defensive minefields throughout East Indian waters. Prins van Oranje was sunk by the and the patrol boat P-38 off Tarakan on 12 January 1942. Gouden Leeuw was scuttled as a blockship off Surabaya, Java, on 7 March when the Dutch forces in the East Indies surrendered.