Holland-class destroyer
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Operators | list error: <br /> list (help) Royal Netherlands Navy Peruvian Navy |
| Succeeded by | Friesland class destroyer |
| In commission | 1954–1986 |
| Completed | 4 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Displacement | list error: <br /> list (help) 2,150 long tons (2,185 t) standard 2,600 long tons (2,642 t) full load |
| Length | 113.1 m (371 ft 1 in) |
| Beam | 11.4 m (37 ft 5 in) |
| Draught | 5.1 m (16 ft 9 in) |
| Propulsion | 2 shaft geared turbines, 2 boilers, 45,000 hp (33,556 kW) |
| Speed | 32 knots (37 mph; 59 km/h) |
| Range | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km) at 18 kn (33 km/h) |
| Complement | 247 |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) • 4 × 120 mm (4.7 in) guns (2×2) • 1 × 40 mm Bofors AA gun • 2 × quad 357 mm (14.1 in) anti-submarine mortars • 2 × depth charge racks |
The Holland class destroyers were built for the Royal Netherlands Navy in the 1950s. They were the first major ships designed and built by the Dutch after World War II. In contrast to previous Dutch Navy practice the ships were named after provinces rather than Admirals.
Design
These ships were unusual as they were the first destroyers built without large calibre anti-ship torpedoes. The machinery was ordered before the war for the Gerard Callenburgh-class destroyers and hidden during the German occupation. The main armament was supplied by Bofors.
Ships
| Ship | Pennant number |
Builder | Commissioned | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HMNLS Holland | D 808 | Rotterdam Dockyard | 1954 | Sold to the Peruvian Navy in 1982, as the BAP García y García, struck 1986 |
| HMNLS Zeeland | D 809 | Royal Schelde | 1955 | Decommissioned 1979 |
| HMNLS Noord Brabant | D 810 | Royal Schelde | 1955 | Decommissioned 1974, following damage in collision |
| HMNLS Gelderland | D 811 | Wilton Fijenoord | 1955 | Decommissioned 1973 |
References
- ^ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995