Friesland-class destroyer

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Friesland-class destroyer HNLMS Groningen
Class overview
NameFriesland class
Operators
Preceded by Holland class
Built1951-1958
In commission1956-1991
Completed8
Retired8
General characteristics
Type Destroyer
Displacement2497 standard, 3070 tons full load
Length116 m (381 ft)
Beam11.7 m (38 ft)
Draught5.2 m (17 ft)
Propulsion2 shaft geared turbines, 4 BW boilers, Super-heated steam @ 620psi, 60,000 hp
Speed36 kn (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement284
Sensors &
processing systems
Radar LW-02, DA-01, ZW-01, M45, Sonar Type PAE 1N, Type CWE 10
Armament

The Friesland-class destroyers [a] were built for the Royal Netherlands Navy in the 1950s. They were a larger modified version of the Holland class with more powerful machinery. Eight ships were built. [1] They were replaced by the Kortenaer-class frigates in the early 1980s and seven ships were sold to the Peruvian Navy where they served until 1991. The main armament was supplied by Bofors. [2]

Contents

The machinery was identical to that used in the American Gearing-class destroyers and manufactured under licence by Werkspoor. The radar was manufactured by Hollandse Signaalapparaten.

Background

After World War II, the Royal Netherlands Navy had to be rebuilt. [3] There were different visions about what the navy should look like, opinions on the subject - or fantasies - diverged. One of the plans was based on the Royal Netherlands Navy having no less than 48 submarine destroyers. That number, however, was quickly scaled back. For the 1947 budget, funds were included for the first time for the new ships: the so-called "Submarine Destroyer 1947". [2] In 1948 six ships of these Holland-class destroyers were ordered, but only 4 would eventually be built. In 1948 it was announced that the Dutch navy would purchase, alongside the four "Holland-class" ships, another eight submarine destroyers. [1] In September 1948, a new improved design was made on basis of the Holland-class destroyers, this design was at the time called "Submarine Destroyer 1949" and would later be known as the Friesland-class destroyer. Like the Holland-class destroyers the Friesland-class destroyers were designed by engineer K. de Munter, who was employed at the Bureau Scheepsbouw which fell directly under the Dutch Ministry of the Navy. [2]

Service history

The destroyers of the Friesland class regularly operated with the Karel Doorman and together formed a ASW-Hunter-Killer-Group. [4]

Ships

In contrast to previous Dutch Navy practice the ships were named after provinces or cities rather than admirals.

NamePennant numberBuilderLaid downLaunchedCommissionedFate
Friesland D812 NDSM, Amsterdam17 December 195121 February 195322 March 1956Broken up 1979
Groningen D813NDSM, Amsterdam21 February 19529 January 195412 September 1956Sold to the Peruvian Navy 1980 as BAP Gálvez
Limburg D814 KM de Schelde, Vlissingen28 November 19535 September 195531 October 1956Sold to the Peruvian Navy 1980 as BAP Capitan Quiñones
Overijssel D815 Wilton-Fijenoord, Schiedam15 October 19538 August 19554 October 1957Sold to the Peruvian Navy 1982 as BAP Colonel Bolognesi
Drenthe D816NDSM, Amsterdam9 January 195426 March 19551 August 1957Sold to the Peruvian Navy 1981 as BAP Guise
Utrecht D817KM de Schelde, Vlissingen15 February 19542 June 19561 October 1957Sold to the Peruvian Navy 1980 as BAP Castilla
Rotterdam D818 RDM, Rotterdam7 January 195426 January 195628 February 1957Sold to the Peruvian Navy 1981 as BAP Diez Canseco
Amsterdam D819NDSM, Amsterdam25 March 195525 August 195610 April 1958Sold to the Peruvian Navy 1980 as BAP Villar
Friesland
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Friesland
bron: Koninklijke Marine

Notes

  1. In the Dutch navy the ships where classified as "onderzeebootjagers" literally translated: submarine hunters.
Citations
  1. 1 2 "Onderzeebootjagers". www.navyinside.nl. Archived from the original on 25 September 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Frieslandklasse onderzeebootjagers". www.marineschepen.nl. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  3. "Hollandklasse onderzeebootjagers". www.marineschepen.nl. 27 January 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  4. Hill, Thomas (2023). "Sprong in het diepe: De beginjaren van Nederlandse onderzeebootbestrijding" (PDF). Marineblad (in Dutch). Vol. 133, no. 6. pp. 28–35.
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