Adder-class monitor

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Class overview
NameAdder class
OperatorsNaval Jack of the Netherlands.svg  Royal Netherlands Navy
Preceded by Heiligerlee class
Succeeded by Draak
Completed6
Lost1
Scrapped5
General characteristics (as completed)
Class & typeAdder-class monitor
Displacement1,555–1,585 long tons (1,580–1,610 t)
Length192.25–195.4 ft (58.6–59.6 m) (o/a)
Beam44 ft (13.4 m)
Draft9 ft 9 in (3.0 m)
Installed power560–740  ihp (420–550 kW)
Speed7–8 knots (13–15 km/h; 8.1–9.2 mph)
Complement117
Armament
Armor

The Adder-class monitors were a group of six ironclad monitors built for the Royal Netherlands Navy in the 1870s.

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Context

The Adder class monitors very much resembled the preceding Heiligerlee class. There were some small differences, but the main difference was that the Adder class got a ram, which was very popular after the Battle of Lissa.

Haai would become the first monitor to be built by a private Dutch shipyard.

Armament

Just like the preceding Heiligerlee class, the Adders were armed with two 23 cm Armstrong rifled muzzle loaders. Luipaard differed by having only a single Krupp 28 cm breechloader, known as 28 cm A No. 1. [1]

Later all ships of the class were re-armed with the 28 cm A No. 1, except Adder, which sank beforehand.

Ships

ShipBuilder [2] Laid downLaunched [2] Completed
HNLMS Panter Rijkswerf, Amsterdam25 Nov. 1869 [3] 19 Oct. 1870 [4]
HNLMS Hyena Rijkswerf , Amsterdam 25 Nov. 1869 [3] 22 Dec. 1870 [5]
HNLMS Haai Fijenoord, Rotterdam May 187020 May 1871 [6]
HNLMS Adder Rijkswerf , Amsterdam [7] 28 Sep. 1871 [7]
HNLMS Wesp Rijkswerf, Amsterdam28 December 1871 [8]
HNLMS Luipaard Fijenoord, Rotterdam14 September 1875 [9] 14 September 1876 [10] Sold, 6 June 1907 [11]

See also

Notes

  1. Tideman 1880, p. 2e afd p. 10-11.
  2. 1 2 Campbell, p. 373
  3. 1 2 "Amsterdam, 26 November". N.R.C. 27 November 1869.
  4. "Binnenlandsche Berigten". Nederlandsche staatscourant. 20 October 1870.
  5. "Binnenlandsche Berigten". Nederlandsche staatscourant. 23 December 1870.
  6. "Rotterdam, 20 Mei". Algemeen Handelsblad. 22 May 1871.
  7. 1 2 "Binnenland". Algemeen Handelsblad. 30 September 1871.
  8. "Binnenlandsche Berigten". Nederlandsche staatscourant. 29 December 1871.
  9. "Binnenland". Provinciale Overijsselsche en Zwolsche courant. 16 September 1875.
  10. "Vervolg der Nieuwstijdingen". Algemeen Handelsblad. 17 September 1876.
  11. "Aanbestedingen". De courant. 7 June 1907.

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