Borndiep-class minesweeper

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Class overview
NameBorndiep class
OperatorsNaval Jack of the Netherlands.svg  Royal Netherlands Navy
In commission1946-1962 [1]
Planned10 [2]
General characteristics [3]
Type Minesweeper
Displacement250 t (250 long tons)
Length41.5 m (136 ft 2 in)
Beam7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
Draft2.6 metres (8 ft 6 in)
Propulsion
Speed13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Crew27/29
Armament

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]

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Design

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]

Service history

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]

Ships in class

Borndiep-class construction data [4] [16]
ShipPennant No.CommissionedDecommissionedFate
Borndiep M83119461962
Deurloo M83219471962
Hollandsch Diep M83319461957
Marsdiep M83419461962
Oosterschelde M83519471957
Texelstroom M83619461957Used by the Zeekadetkorps in Amsterdam since 1957. Sold in 1976 to L.J. Coenmans.
Vliestroom M83719461962Sold in 1964 to M.W. Hollander.
Volkerak M83819471957Sold for scrap in 1960.
Westerschelde M83919471957Used by the Technische Opleidingen Koninklijke Marine (TOKM) in Amsterdam.
Zuiderdiep M84019471962

Notes

Citations

  1. 1 2 Schoonoord (2012), p. 319.
  2. ↑ "Mijnenvegen: Strijd tegen een onderzichtbare vijand". Twentsch Dagblad Tubantia (in Dutch). 28 August 1954.
  3. ↑ van Amstel (1991), p. 66.
  4. 1 2 van Amstel (1991), pp. 66-67.
  5. 1 2 Roetering (1997), p. 83.
  6. ↑ "Van varen en mijnenvegen: De dienst der kleine getallen". Bredasche Courant (in Dutch). 6 December 1946.
  7. ↑ Roetering (1997), p. 86.
  8. ↑ "Na de scheepsrampen bij Terschelling I. De vaarroute "om de Noord" weer veilig: Met de mijnenveger "Borndiep" het zeegat uit". Leeuwarder Courant (in Dutch). 22 April 1947.
  9. ↑ ""Byms" vegen zo schoon als nieuwe bezems: En onze kust wordt mijnenvrij". Het Parool (in Dutch). 21 June 1949.
  10. ↑ "Mijnenveegdienst houdt groote schoonmaak op de Noordzee: Voorgaats van IJmuiden met Hr. Ms. "Borndiep"". Trouw (in Dutch). 6 December 1946.
  11. ↑ "Boven Waddeneilanden ligt nog een groot mijnenveld: Duitsland verschafte de beste gegevens". Deventer Dagblad (in Dutch). 19 December 1951.
  12. ↑ "Het zeegat uit: aan boord van een mijnenveger". De Maasbode (in Dutch). 4 December 1946.
  13. ↑ "Mijnenvegers in actie: Twee honderd vijf en dertig mijnen opgeruimd". Friesch Dagblad (in Dutch). 10 December 1946.
  14. ↑ "Koninkl. Marine in oefening Haul". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 1 June 1954.
  15. ↑ "De Nato-"vloot-oorlog" Haul: Blauw tegen Oranje". Nieuwe Tilburgsche Courant (in Dutch). 29 July 1954.
  16. ↑ Raven (1988), p. 184.

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