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ROYAL DUTCH NAVY (NETHERLANDS)

TORPEDO SHIPS

FRET destroyers (1911-1914)

Fret 1914

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Wolf   134 De Schelde, Vlissingen 1909 17.9.1910 1911 stricken 1924
Fret   135 De Schelde, Vlissingen 1909 15.10.1910 1911 stricken 1922
Bulhond   140 De Schelde, Vlissingen 1910 20.12.1911 8.1912 stricken 1927
Jakhals   141 De Schelde, Vlissingen 1910 20.1.1912 7.1912 stricken 1928
Lynx   145 De Schelde, Vlissingen 1911 24.12.1912 7.1913 stricken 1928
Hermelijn   146 De Schelde, Vlissingen 1911 22.2.1913 7.1913 stricken 1925
Vos   93 Fijenoord, Schiedam 1912 28.6.1913 2.1914 stricken 1928
Panter   94 Fijenoord, Schiedam 1912 9.9.1913 3.1914 dispatch vessel 1928, stricken 1934

  

Displacement normal, t

510

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

70.4 oa

Breadth, m

6.60

Draught, m

2.00 normal 2.80 max

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Krupp-Germania steam turbines, 4 Yarrow boilers

Power, h. p.

8500

Max speed, kts

30

Fuel, t

Fret, Wolf, Bulhond, Jakhals: coal 120

Hermelijn, Lynx, Panter, Vos: coal 120 + oil 12.5

Endurance, nm(kts)

Fret, Wolf, Bulhond, Jakhals: 2360(8.5)

Hermelijn, Lynx, Panter, Vos: 2700(8.5)

Armament

4 x 1 - 75/52 SA No.1, 4 x 1 - 7.9/80, 2 x 1 - 450 TT

Complement

83

Project history: First serial-built Dutch turbine-engined ships, built for service in the East Indies.

Modernizations: 1928, Panter: - 2 x 1 - 450 TT

Naval service: Fret and Lynx were used as targets after being stricken and scrapped only in 1930s. Panther since 1928 served as dispatch vessel. Later torpedo tubes from these ships were installed on MTBs of TM3 class.

Wolf 1911

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ivan Gogin, 2011-14