Jan van Brakel 1937
Jan van Brakel 1955
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Jan van Brakel | M24, 1942- M80, 6.1946- PE1, 1.1947- P5, 1952- F816 | 201 | De Schelde, Vlissingen | 5.1935 | 8.2.1936 | 6.1936 | salvage vessel 1950, frigate 1952, stricken 8.1957 |
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Displacement standard, t |
740 |
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Displacement full, t |
955 |
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Length, m |
54.8 pp 58.7 oa |
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Breadth, m |
10.0 |
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Draught, m |
3.28 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 VTE, 2 Yarrow boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
1600 |
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Max speed, kts |
15 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 72 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 75/52 SA Nr.2, 1 x 1 - 40/39 QF Mk II, 2 x 2 - 12.7/90, 60 mines |
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Complement |
65 |
Project history: Ordered 19.11.1934. Actually ship was repeated Nautilus, from which differed by only details (in particular, number of boilers).
Modernizations: late 1940: - 2 x 1 - 75/52, 1 x 1 - 40/39; + 2 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I/II/V, 2 DCR, type 286M radar, sonar
11/1943: - 2 x 1 - 76/40, 2 x 2 - 12.7/90, type 286M radar; + 2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 20, 6 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, type 271 radar
1952: - 2 x 1 - 76/40, 2 x 1 - 20/70; + 1 x 1 - 105/45 SK C/32, 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3
Naval service: In 1950 Jan van Brakel was converted to salvage ship and in 1951-1952 she was modernized, rearmed and reclassified as frigate. She was stricken 1.8.1957 and sunk as a target at atoll Biak.
Jan van Brakel
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
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