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Admiralen-class destroyer

Admiralen class
Hr. Ms. Evertsen
HNLMS Evertsen
Class overview
Name: Admiralen class
Operators:
Preceded by: Wolf class
Succeeded by: Gerard Callenburgh class
Built: 1926–1930
In commission: 1928–1942
Completed: 8
Lost: 8
General characteristics
Type: Destroyer
Displacement:
  • 1,316 tons standard
  • 1,640 tons full load
Length: 98 m (321 ft 6 in)
Beam: 9.53 m (31 ft 3 in)
Draught: 2.97 m (9 ft 9 in)
Propulsion:
  • 2 shaft, Parsons geared turbines
  • 3 Yarrow type boilers
  • 23,000 kW (31,000 hp)
Speed: 36 kn (67 km/h)
Range: 3,200 nmi (5,900 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
Complement: 129 (120 in second group)
Armament:
  • 4 × 120 mm (4.7 in) guns (4 × 1)
  • 2 × 75 mm (3 in) AA guns (1 gun in 2nd group)
  • 4 × 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns (2nd group only)
  • 4 × 13 mm (.5 in) machine guns
  • 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (2 × 3)
Aircraft carried: 1 × seaplane

The Admiralen class were eight destroyers built for the Royal Netherlands Navy between 1926 and 1931. All ships fought in World War II and were scuttled or sunk.

These ships were built in the Netherlands with assistance from the British company Yarrow (at that time the leading builder of destroyers in the world). The Dutch ships were based on the British destroyer HMS Ambuscade. The guns were bought from the Swedish company Bofors. A novel feature was the provision of a seaplane for scouting. There was however no catapult, the plane being lowered into the sea by a crane.

The differences between the two groups were minor; the second group was fitted for minesweeping rather than mine laying, and they carried one less 75-millimetre (3 in) gun for 30 tons of fuel.



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