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Class overview | |
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Name | Borndiep class |
Operators | ![]() |
In commission | 1946-1962 [1] |
Planned | 10 [2] |
General characteristics [3] | |
Type | Minesweeper |
Displacement | 250 t (250 long tons) |
Length | 41.5 m (136 ft 2 in) |
Beam | 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in) |
Draft | 2.6 metres (8 ft 6 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
Crew | 27/29 |
Armament |
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The Borndiep-class was a ship class of 10 minesweepers that served between 1946 and 1962 in the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNN). [4] [1] They were former British Yard Mine Sweepers (BYMS) that were transferred from the Royal Navy to the RNN in 1946. [5]
The minesweepers of the Borndiep-class were equipped with mechanic, acoustic and magnetic sweepers. [5] The magnetic sweeper consisted of two cables through which electricity would pulse and as a result would create a magnetic field that would detonate magnetic mines. [6] [7] As acoustic sweeper it had an electric hammer clock that would be thrown overboard to create vibrations which resulted in the destruction of acoustic mines. [8] [9] The mechanic sweeper consisted of a cable on each side of the ship with at the end of the cables a floater that would hit a mine to make it detonate. [10]
The Borndiep-class was active in the North Sea after the Second World War to cleanup mines that were laid down during the war. [11] [12] [13] Between 16 and 25 July 1954 several minesweepers of the Borndiep-class took part in the NATO exercise Haul. [14] [15]
Ship | Pennant No. | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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Borndiep | M831 | 1946 | 1962 | |
Deurloo | M832 | 1947 | 1962 | |
Hollandsch Diep | M833 | 1946 | 1957 | |
Marsdiep | M834 | 1946 | 1962 | |
Oosterschelde | M835 | 1947 | 1957 | |
Texelstroom | M836 | 1946 | 1957 | Used by the Zeekadetkorps in Amsterdam since 1957. Sold in 1976 to L.J. Coenmans. |
Vliestroom | M837 | 1946 | 1962 | Sold in 1964 to M.W. Hollander. |
Volkerak | M838 | 1947 | 1957 | Sold for scrap in 1960. |
Westerschelde | M839 | 1947 | 1957 | Used by the Technische Opleidingen Koninklijke Marine (TOKM) in Amsterdam. |
Zuiderdiep | M840 | 1947 | 1962 | |
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