Van Speijk 1945
Van Speijk 1955
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| "A" | 524 | P. Smit, Rotterdam | 8.1939 | 23.11.1940 | 10.1941 // --- | captured incomplete by Germany 5.1940 (K1) | |
| "B" | 750 | Gusto, Schiedam | 1939 | 28.6.1941 | 11.1942 // --- | captured incomplete by Germany 5.1940 (K2) | |
| Van Speijk (ex-K3, ex-"C") | N5, 1950- F805 | 525 | P. Smit, Rotterdam | 6.1939 | 22.3.1941 | 1.1942 // 5.1945 | captured incomplete by Germany 5.1940 (K3), returned 5.1945, stricken 6.1960 |
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Displacement standard, t |
1300 |
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Displacement full, t |
1470 |
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Length, m |
75.2 pp 77.9 oa |
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Breadth, m |
10.2 |
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Draught, m |
2.88 normal 3.90 max |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
as designed: 2 Burmeister & Wain diesels Van Speijk as commissioned: 2 HKD diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
as designed: 3500 Van Speijk as commissioned: 1760 |
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Max speed, kts |
as designed: 19 Van Speijk as commissioned: 14.5 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 157 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
as designed: 4000(12) Van Speijk as commissioned: 6900(12) |
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Armour, mm |
belt: 60 - 40, deck: 35 - 20, turrets: 60, CT: 20 |
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Armament |
as designed: 2 x 2 - 120/45 Wilton-Fijenoord Nr.8, 2 x 2 - 40/56 Bofors Nr.3, 2 x 2 - 12.7/90, 2 DCR (24), mechanical minesweeping gear Van Speijk as commissioned: 2 x 2 - 120/45 Wilton-Fijenoord Nr.8, 2 x 2 - 37/80 SK C/30, 2 x 4 - 20/65 C/38, 2 x 2 - 20/65 C/38, 8 DCT, 80 mines |
| Electronic equipment | Van Speijk as commissioned: presumably S-Gerät, GHG sonars |
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Complement |
as designed: 99 Van Speijk as completed: 161 |
Project history: First in a series from 7 ships, but building of four was canceled 14.5.1940. They were designed as multipurpose ships, capable to operate against a shore and to be used as escorts, owing to what they should had strong armour protection, and DP guns. The latters consisted of 120mm/45 Bofors guns similar to installed on Gerard Callenburg class destroyers. Guns should be installed in turrets with maximal 80° elevation angle, allowing to use them as antiaircraft. 40mm Boforses were equipped with Hazemeyer directors. Besides, ships had also mechanical sweeps.
All three ships were captured by Germans on slipways and completed for Kriegsmarine under changed design as K1-3. K1 was lost 5.5.1945. K2 was hard damaged 28.9.1944; after war she was returned to the Netherlands and broken up. K3 was returned to the Netherlands as Van Speijk.
Ship protection: The armoured belt covered about 63% of waterline length; abreast machinery its thickness was 50-60mm, and near ship ends 40mm, 20-35mm armoured deck was connected with upper edge of the belt; gun turrets, conning tower and gun director were also protected.
Modernizations: 1949, Van Speijk: - 2 x 4 - 20/65
1950, Van Speijk: - 2 x 2 - 37/83, 2 x 2 - 20/65; + 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 6 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, radars
1953, Van Speijk: diesels were replaced by new Sulzer from submarine O23 (5250hp, 17.5kts), displacement was 1381/1404t; - 2 x 1 - 20/70
1958, Van Speijk: + 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4
Naval service: No significant events.
K3 (future Van Speijk)
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
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