Van Amstel 1955
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
Van Amstel (ex-Burrows) | F806 | Dravo, Wilmington, USA | 3.1943 | 2.10.1943 | 12/1943 // 6.1950 | returned 12.1967 | |
De Bitter (ex-Rinehart) | F807 | Federal, Newark, USA | 10.1943 | 9.1.1944 | 2/1944 // 6.1950 | returned 12.1967 | |
Van Ewijck (ex-Gustafson) | F808 | Federal, Newark, USA | 7.1943 | 3.10.1943 | 11/1943 // 10.1950 | returned 12.1967 | |
Dubois (ex-O'Neill) | F809 | Federal, Newark, USA | 8.1943 | 14.11.1943 | 12/1943 // 10.1950 | returned 12.1967 | |
De Zeeuw (ex-Eisner) | F810 | Federal, Newark, USA | 9.1943 | 12.12.1943 | 1/1944 // 3.1951 | returned 12.1967 | |
Van Zijll (ex-Stern) | F811 | Federal, Newark, USA | 8.1943 | 31.10.1943 | 12/1943 // 3.1951 | returned 12.1967 |
Displacement standard, t |
1253 |
Displacement full, t |
1602 |
Length, m |
91.4 wl 93.3 oa |
Breadth, m |
11.2 |
Draught, m |
3.20 full load |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
4 General Motors diesel-generators, 2 electric motors |
Power, h. p. |
6000 |
Max speed, kts |
21 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 320 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 11500 (11) |
Armament |
F806, 807: 3 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 20/22, 3 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, (8 - 10) x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10.11 ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (120) F808-811: 3 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 20/22, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, (8 - 10) x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 x 3 - 533 TT, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10.11 ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (120) |
Electronic equipment |
SPS-5, SPS-6 radars, QHB sonar |
Complement |
186 |
Project history: Former USN DET (Cannon-class) destroyer escorts, transferred under MDAP.
Modernizations: 1950s, Van Ewijck, Dubois, De Zeeuw, Van Zijll: - 1 x 3 - 533 TT; + 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1
Naval service: No significant events.
© Ivan Gogin, 2015