Van Straelen-class minesweeper

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Class overview
NameVan Straelen class
Builders
OperatorsNaval Jack of the Netherlands.svg  Royal Netherlands Navy
Cost ƒ64 million (total cost) [1]
Built1958-1962
Planned16
Completed16
General characteristics [2]
Type Minesweeper
Displacement171.3 t (168.6 long tons)
Length33.08 m (108 ft 6 in)
Beam6.87 m (22 ft 6 in)
Draft1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Propulsion
Speed13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Crew14
Armament1 x 20 mm machine gun [3]

The Van Straelen class was a ship class of sixteen minesweepers that were built in the Netherlands for the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNN). [4] They were taken into service of the RNN between 1960 and 1962 and served until 1 March 1983. [5] [6]

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Design and construction

The ships were designed in the Netherlands and build between 1958 and 1962 at several different Dutch shipyards. [7] [4] The costs of the class was split between the United States and the Netherlands. The United states paid under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program (MDAP) for the construction of eight ships and the Netherlands paid for the other eight ships. [8] [9]

To sweep mines the ships were equipped with the W Mk 7, ME 31 to ME 33 and the AX Mk 6B or 4V. [1] Furthermore, they could be equipped with the M Mk 6h which would give the ships a magnetic sweeping ability. [1]

Service history

The minesweepers were used to sweep mines in shallow and narrow inland waters. [10]

Ships in class

The ships were named after officers, sailors and other personnel of the Royal Netherlands Navy that distinguished themselves during the Second World War and/or the Indonesian War of Independence and were awarded posthumously either the Military Order of William or Bronze Cross for their service. [9]

Van Straelen-class construction data [4] [5] [11]
ShipPennant No.BuilderLaid downLaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedFate
Alblas M868De Noord26 January 195829 June 195912 March 19601983Sold in 1986 to the firm Holland & Zn.
Bussemaker M869G. de Vries Lentschr Jr.28 August 195827 February 196019 August 19601983Sold in 1986 to Delft Geophysical
Lacomblé M870Arnhemse Scheepsbouw Maatschappij27 April 19596 February 196022 August 19601983Loaned to ZKK Den Helder in 1984
Van Hamel M871G. de Vries Lentschr Jr.27 April 195928 May 196014 November 19601983Sold to Peru in 1984 as Acarillo
Van Straelen M872Arnhemse Scheepsbouw Maatschappij28 November 195817 May 196020 December 19601983Sold in 1986 to Delft Geophysical as Delft Fortuna
Van Moppes M873De Noord6 April 195910 May 196019 December 19601983Loaned to ZKK Hellevoetsluis in 1985
Chömpff M874De Noord29 June 195910 May 196019 December 19601983Sold in 1988 in Zaandam
Van Well Groeneveld M875Arnhemse Scheepsbouw Maatschappij29 December 19591 October 196028 April 19611983Sold in 1986 to Delft Geophysical as Delft Minerva
Schuiling M876G. de Vries Lentschr Jr.26 June 195930 June 19605 April 19611983Loaned to ZKK Maassluis in 1986
Van Versendaal M877De Noord27 March 19614 December 196111 April 19621983In 1984 to Zeekadetkorps
Van der Wel M878G. de Vries Lentschr Jr.30 May 19603 May19616 October 19611983Sold to Peru in 1984 as Melo
Van 't Hoff M879De Noord8 June 196015 March 19616 October 19611983Sold in 1986 to Delft Geophysical
Mahu M880De Noord18 June 196015 March 19616 October 19611983
Staverman M881G. de Vries Lentschr Jr.8 July 196030 August 196121 February 19621983Sold in 1986 to the firm Holland & Zn.
Houtepen M882Arnhemse Scheepsbouw Maatschappij19 September 196026 August 196121 March 19621983Sold in 1986 to Delft Geophysical
Zomer M883Arnhemse Scheepsbouw Maatschappij16 May 19604 March 19616 October 19611983Sold for scrap in 1987 to the firm Westmetaal

Notes

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 Roetering, p. 126.
  2. ↑ van Amstel, p. 76.
  3. ↑ Woudstra, p. 155.
  4. 1 2 3 van Amstel, pp. 76-78.
  5. 1 2 Raven, p. 185.
  6. ↑ Roetering, p. 129.
  7. ↑ Schoonoord, p. 99.
  8. ↑ "Mijnenveger met een bok te water gelaten: „Van Straelen", herinnering aan dappere commandant". Arnhemsche Courant (in Dutch). 18 May 1960.
  9. 1 2 Woudstra, p. 154.
  10. ↑ Woudstra, p. 151.
  11. ↑ Schoonoord, pp. 319-320.

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