Kortenaer 1898
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Evertsen | 81 | De Schelde, Vlissingen | 1893 | 29.9.1894 | 1.2.1896 | stricken 1913 | |
Piet Hein | 169 | Nederlandsche, Rotterdam | 1893 | 16.8.1894 | 3.1.1896 | discarded 1914 | |
Kortenaer | Rijkswerf Amsterdam | 1893 | 27.10.1894 | 17.12.1895 | stricken 1920 |
Displacement normal, t |
3464 |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
86.2 |
Breadth, m |
14.3 |
Draught, m |
5.23 max |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 VTE, 6 cylindrical boilers |
Power, h. p. |
4700 |
Max speed, kts |
16 |
Fuel, t |
coal 289 |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
2800(9) |
Armour, mm |
steel; belt: 150 - 100, deck: 55, barbette: 240, CT: 240 |
Armament |
1 x 2 - 209/32 Krupp No.2, 1 x 1 - 209/32 Krupp No.2, 2 x 1 - 149/32 Krupp No.1, 6 x 1 - 75/37 Krupp No.1, 8 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 3 - 450 TT (2 beam, 1 aft) |
Complement |
263 |
Project history: Coast defence battleships with a complete waterline belt. Two of the 209mm were in a barbette forward and one in a shield aft, with the 149mm guns in shields amidships.
Ship protection: 150(amidships)-100mm(ship ends) belt protected all hull length, it was connected with 55mm deck by 55mm slopes, the deck has turtleback form at ship ends. Fwd barbette with 2 209mm guns had 240mm protection, beam barbettes with 149mm guns had 75mm armour, aft 209mm gun was protected by 150mm shield.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
Piet Hein
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
� Ivan Gogin, 2014