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ROYAL DUTCH NAVY (NETHERLANDS)

CRUISERS

ATJEH unprotected cruisers (1877-1887)

Atjeh 1878

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Atjeh     Rijkswerf Amsterdam 3.3.1875 6.12.1876 1.11.1877 accommodation ship 11.1906
Tromp     Rijkswerf Amsterdam 1875 1877 1878? stricken 1904
Koningin Emma der Nederlanden (ex-De Ruyter)     Rijkswerf Amsterdam 1876 1879 1880? hulk 1900
De Ruyter     Rijkswerf Amsterdam 1879 1880 1885 stricken 1899
Van Speyk     Rijkswerf Amsterdam 1880 1882 1883? stricken 1897
Johan Willem Friso (ex-Kortenaer)     Rijkswerf Amsterdam 1883 1886 1887? stricken 1897

  

Displacement normal, t

3425 - 3669

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

91.8 - 92.1

Breadth, m

12.5

Draught, m

6.40 - 6.96 max

No of shafts

1

Machinery

 

Power, h. p.

2700 - 3300

Max speed, kts

13.5 - 14.8

Fuel, t

coal 440 - 580 max

Endurance, nm(kts)

2000(10)

Armament

6 x 1 - 173/22 Krupp No.1, 8 x 1 - 120/16 Krupp No.1

Complement

277 - 306

Project history: Ship-rigged unprotected cruisers with sheathed iron hulls. De Ruyter and Van Speyk had one funnel, others had two.

Modernizations: 1880s, all: + 8 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 6 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss

Naval service: No significant events.

De Ruyter

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