HNLMS Jacob Van Heemskerck (1906)
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Jacob van Heemskerck
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| Name: | Jacob van Heemskerck |
| Builder: | Rijkswerf, Amsterdam |
| Laid down: | 1905 |
| Launched: | 22 September 1906 |
| Commissioned: | 22 April 1908 |
| Decommissioned: | 13 September 1974 |
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| Type: | Unique coastal defence ship |
| Displacement: | 4,920 tons |
| Length: | 98 m (321 ft 6 in) |
| Beam: | 15.19 m (49 ft 10 in) |
| Draught: | 5.69 m (18 ft 8 in) |
| Installed power: | 6,400 hp (4,800 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts, reciprocating engines |
| Speed: | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h) |
| Complement: | 340 |
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HNLMS Jacob van Heemskerck (Dutch: Hr.Ms. Jacob van Heemskerck) was a unique pantserschip (coastal defence ship) of the Royal Netherlands Navy built by the Rijkswerf in Amsterdam. She was among the ships send to patrol the Venezuelan coast during the second Castro crisis. After her active career she was rebuilt into a stationary battery ship and recommissioned. During World War II she was captured by the invading German forces and converted in an anti-aircraft battery. After the war the ship was recovered and given back to the Netherlands, to be converted to an accommodation ship.
The ship was 98 metres (321 ft 6 in) long, had a beam of 15.19 metres (49 ft 10 in), a draught of 5.69 metres (18 ft 8 in), and had a displacement of 4,920 ton. The ship was equipped with 2 shaft reciprocating engines, which were rated at 6,400 ihp (4,800 kW) and produced a top speed of 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h). The ship had a belt armour of 6 in (15 cm), 8 in (20 cm) barbette armour and turret armour. Two 9.4 in (24 cm) single turret guns provided the ship's main armament, and these were augmented by six single 15 cm (5.9 in) guns and six 7.5 cm (3.0 in) single guns. The ship had a complement of 340 men.
The ship was built at the Rijkswerf in Amsterdam. Prince Henry of the Netherlands attended the launch ceremony and christened the ship on 22 September 1906. The ship was commissioned on 22 April 1908. The same year she, together with the Holland class cruisers Friesland and Gelderland were sent to patrol the Venezuelan coast during the second Castro crisis.
On 16 May 1910 the ship left the port of IJmuiden to steam for Sheerness to bring Prince Henry of the Netherlands to the funeral of Edward VII of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland that was held on 20 May. During the last part of the journey the ship was escorted by five British torpedo boats. Later that year the Belgian king Albert I and his wife made a state visit to the Netherlands. During this visit, they visited the IJ in Amsterdam where Jacob van Heemskerck, Friesland, Piet Hein, Evertsen, O 1 and other Dutch warships were present and fired shots in salute. The pair were given a tour on the van Heemskerck.
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