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ROYAL DUTCH NAVY (NETHERLANDS)

TORPEDO SHIPS

PIET HEIN destroyers (1943/1945-1946)

Piet Hein 1945

Piet Hein 1958

Evertsen 1960

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Evertsen (ex-Scourge) J2, 1950- D802, 1958- F803 1095 Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, UK 6/1941 8.12.1942 7/1943 // 2.1946 stricken 1962
Piet Hein (ex-Serapis) J4, 1950- D805, 1958- F804 600 Scotts, Greenock, UK 8/1941 25.3.1943 12/1943 // 10.1945 stricken 1961
Kortenaer (ex-Scorpion, ex-Sentinel) J6, 1950- D804, 1958- F812 1094 Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, UK 6/1941 26.8.1942 5/1943 // 10.1945 stricken 1962

 

Displacement standard, t

1810

Displacement full, t

2545

Length, m

103.5 pp 110.6 oa

Breadth, m

10.9

Draught, m

4.37 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers

Power, h. p.

40000

Max speed, kts

36.75

Fuel, t

oil 588

Endurance, nm(kts) 4675(20)

Armament

Evertsen, Piet Hein: 4 x 1 - 120/45 QF Mk IX, 1 x 2 - 40/56 Bofors Mk VIII/IX, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk IV, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (70 - 130 DC)

Kortenaer: 4 x 1 - 120/45 QF Mk IX, 1 x 4 - 40/39 QF Mk VIII, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk IV, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (70 - 130 DC)

Electronic equipment

type 275, type 277P, type 283, type 291M radars, type 144 or type 146B sonar

Complement

180 - 225

Project history: Former British destroyers of S class.

Modernizations: 1957-1958, all: received platform over TT banks for Whirlwind helicopter.

Naval service: No significant events.

Kortenaer 1951

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

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