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ROYAL DUTCH NAVY (NETHERLANDS)

TORPEDO SHIPS

VAN GALEN destroyers (1942)

Van Galen 1942

Van Galen 1942

Van Galen 1955

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Van Galen (ex-Noble) G84, 1945- J3, 1950- D803 1345 Denny, Dumbarton, UK 7/1939 17.4.1941 2.1942 stricken 10.1956
Tjerk Hiddes (ex-Nonpareil) G16, 1945- J5, 1950- D806 1346 Denny, Dumbarton, UK 5/1940 25.6.1941 10.1942 to Indonesia 3.1951 (Gadjah Mada)

 

Displacement standard, t

1773

Displacement full, t

2384

Length, m

103.5 pp 108.7 oa

Breadth, m

10.9

Draught, m

4.22

No of shafts

2

Machinery

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

Power, h. p.

40000

Max speed, kts

36

Fuel, t

oil 464

Endurance, nm(kts) 5500(15)

Armament

Van Galen: 3 x 2 - 120/45 QF Mk XII, 1 x 4 - 40/39 QF Mk VIII, 6 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 5 -533 TT, 2 DCT, 1 DCR (45 DC)

Tjerk Hiddes: 3 x 2 - 120/45 QF Mk XII, 1 x 4 - 40/39 QF Mk VIII, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 5 -533 TT, 2 DCT, 1 DCR (45 DC)

Electronic equipment

type 285, type 286/P radars, type 124 sonar

Complement

218

Project history: Ex-British destroyers of N class, transferred before completion: Van Galen 11.2.1942 and Tjerk Hiddes 27.5.1942.

Modernizations: 1943-1944, both: + 2 DCT, 1 DCR (DC stowage was 45 pcs)

1943-1945, presumably both: - type 286/P radar; + type 271 or type 293, type 291 radars

Naval service: No significant events.

Van Galen 1951

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

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