JOHAN MAURITS VAN NASSAU frigate (1943)

Johan Maurits van Nassau 1943

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Johan Maurits van Nassau (ex-Ribble)	K251, 1945- JO1, 1950- F802	756	Simons, Renfrew, UK	12.1942	23.4.1943	6.1943	TS 1953, stricken 1959

Displacement standard, t

1493

Displacement full, t

1994

Length, m

86.3 pp 91.8 oa

Breadth, m

11.2

Draught, m

3.89 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers

Power, h. p.

5500

Max speed, kts

20

Fuel, t

oil 440

Armament

2 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk XIX, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (150)

Electronic equipment

type 271, type 291 radars, type 144 sonar

Complement

140

Project history: "River" type frigate, transferred to Dutch Navy before commission.

Modernizations: 1947: - 2 x 1 - 102/40, type 271, type 291 radars, type 144 sonar; + 2 x 1 - 105/45 SK C/32, type 277P, type 284, type 294 radars, type 147F sonar

Naval service: Early 1945 Johan Maurits van Nassau was returned to the Great Britain, but after end of war she was redeemed by the Netherlands and transferred for fishery protection duties. In 1951-1953 the ship participated in war in Korea and then she was used as gunnery drill ship.

Johan Maurits van Nassau

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

ROYAL DUTCH NAVY (NETHERLANDS)

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JOHAN MAURITS VAN NASSAU frigate (1943)

Displacement standard, t	1493
Displacement full, t	1994
Length, m	86.3 pp 91.8 oa
Breadth, m	11.2
Draught, m	3.89 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	5500
Max speed, kts	20
Fuel, t	oil 440
Armament	2 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk XIX, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (150)
Electronic equipment	type 271, type 291 radars, type 144 sonar
Complement	140