Gelderland 1918
Gelderland 1940
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Holland | Rijkswerf Amsterdam | 1895 | 4.10.1896 | 1898 | stricken 1920 | ||
| Zeeland | 85 | De Schelde, Vlissingen | 1895 | 1897 | 6.1898 | stricken 1924 | |
| Friesland | 171 | Fijenoord, Schiedam | 1895 | 1896 | 2.1898 | stricken 1913 | |
| Gelderland | 174 | Fijenoord, Schiedam | 1.11.1897 | 28.9.1898 | 16.7.1900 | TS 1920, stricken 8.1939 | |
| Noord Brabant | 88 | De Schelde, Vlissingen | 31.8.1897 | 17.1.1899 | 1.3.1900 | stricken 1920 | |
| Utrecht | Rijkswerf Amsterdam | 1897 | 14.7.1898 | 1900 | stricken 1913 |
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Displacement normal, t |
Holland, Zeeland, Friesland: 3840 Gelderland, Noord Brabant, Utrecht: 3970 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
Holland, Zeeland, Friesland: 93.3 oa Gelderland, Noord Brabant, Utrecht: 94.7 oa |
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Breadth, m |
14.8 |
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Draught, m |
5.41 max |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
Holland, Zeeland, Friesland: 2 VTE, 8 Yarrow boilers Gelderland, Noord Brabant, Utrecht: 2 VTE, 8 Yarrow + 2 cylindrical boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
10000 |
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Max speed, kts |
20 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 814 - 875 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
4500(10) |
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Armour, mm |
Harvey Nickel steel: deck: 57, ER glacis: 127, main gun shields: 152, secondary gun shields: 13, CT: 102 |
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Armament |
Zeeland: 2 x 1 - 149/37 Krupp No.2, 6 x 1 - 120/37 Krupp No.1, 6 x 1 - 75/37 Krupp No.1, 8 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 4 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss, 2 - 450 TT (1 bow, 1 stern) Holland, Friesland: 2 x 1 - 149/37 Krupp No.2, 6 x 1 - 120/37 Krupp No.2, 6 x 1 - 75/37 Krupp No.1, 8 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 4 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss, 2 - 450 TT (1 bow, 1 stern) Gelderland, Noord Brabant, Utrecht: 2 x 1 - 149/37 Krupp No.3, 6 x 1 - 120/37 Krupp No.3, 6 x 1 - 75/37 Krupp No.2, 8 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 4 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss, 2 - 450 TT (1 bow, 1 stern) |
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Complement |
324 - 371 |
Project history: Protected cruisers (Pantser-dekschepen), designed on a basis of British Apollo class. On trials Gelderland shown about 20kts, but by 1939 she reached no more than 15kts.
Ship protection: Ships were protected by 57mm deck with 57mm slopes, engine room had 127mm glacis. 152mm guns were protected by fully enclosed 152mm shields.
Modernizations: 1914-1915, Holland: - 2 x 1 - 149/37, 2 x 1 - 75/37, 8 x 1 - 37/20, 4 x 5 - 37/17, 2 - 450 TT; + 4 x 1 - 120/37 Krupp No.2
1914-1915, Noord Brabant: - 2 x 1 - 149/37, 2 x 1 - 75/37, 8 x 1 - 37/20, 4 x 5 - 37/17, 1 - 450 TT (bow); + 4 x 1 - 120/37 Krupp No.3
1914-1915, Zeeland, Gelderland: - 2 x 1 - 149/37, 2 x 1 - 75/37, 8 x 1 - 37/20, 4 x 5 - 37/17, 2 - 450 TT; + 2 x 1 - 120/40 Krupp No.3
1939, Gelderland: + 8 x 1 - 12.7/90, 3 x 1 - 7.9/80
Naval service: Gelderland till 1939 was used as gunnery drill ship, but 24.8.1939 she was stricken from fleet list and in 1940 partially disarmed. In May, 1940 she was captured by Germans at Den Helder, converted to floating AA battery Niobe and sunk by Soviet aircraft at Kotka (Finland) 16.7.1944; wreck was raised in 1947 and scrapped.
Noord Brabant in 1920 was stricken and disarmed, but since 1926 used as a training and barrack hulk at Vlissingen with 1 75mm gun onboard; she was blown up 17.5.1940, wreck was raised by Germans and scrapped.
Utrecht 1901
Gelderland
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
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