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Class overview | |
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Name | Wildervank class |
Builders | |
Operators | |
Succeeded by | Alkmaar class |
Built | 1953–1957 |
In commission | 1955–1993 |
Planned | 14 |
Completed | 14 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | Minesweeper |
Displacement | 417 tons |
Length | 46.62 m (152 ft 11 in) |
Beam | 8.75 m (28 ft 8 in) |
Draft | 2.28 m (7 ft 6 in) |
Propulsion | 2 × 1,250 hp (930 kW) Werkspoor diesel engines |
Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Crew | 38 |
Armament |
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The Wildervank class was a ship class of fourteen minesweepers that were built in the Netherlands for the Royal Netherlands Navy. The minesweepers were almost identical to the Dokkum class built under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program (MDAP), but unlike the Dokkum class were paid for by the Dutch government. The diesel engines were also different.
Hull number | Name | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate | Notes |
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M803 | Wildervank | G. de Vries Lentsch Jr. | 10 November 1953 | 24 February 1955 | 28 December 1955 | 22 March 1973 | Sold for scrap to A.J. Timmermans in 1977 | [2] |
M804 | Steenwijk | Haarlemse Scheepsbouw Maatschappij | 26 August 1953 | 20 April 1956 | 16 July 1956 | 2 July 1969 | Sold for scrap to F. Rijsdijk in 1969 | [3] |
M805 | Gieten | De Haan & Oerlemans | 9 September 1953 | 17 February 1955 | 10 February 1956 | 2 July 1969 | Sold for scrap to F. Rijsdijk in 1969 | [4] |
M807 | Waalwijk ¹ | Verschure & Co's | 21 October 1954 | 6 April 1955 | 21 June 1956 | 29 January 1968 | Sold for scrap to A.J. Timmermans in 1977 | [5] |
M808 | Axel | De Groot & Van Vliet | 17 October 1953 | 5 March 1955 | 16 March 1956 | 22 March 1973 | Sold to the Omani Navy, renamed Al Salini | [6] |
M811 | Aalsmeer | Gebr. Pot | 25 November 1953 | 22 April 1955 | 3 May 1956 | 22 March 1973 | Sold to the Omani Navy, renamed Al Nasiri | [7] |
M814 | Meppel | Haarlemse Scheepsbouw Maatschappij | 5 January 1954 | 19 July 1956 | 28 November 1956 | 22 March 1973 | Sold for scrap to A.J. Timmermans in 1977 | [8] |
M816 | Lochem | E. J. Smit & Zn. | 1 February 1954 | 22 October 1955 | 12 July 1956 | 2 July 1969 | Sold for scrap to F. Rijsdijk in 1969 | [9] |
M819 | Goes | G. de Vries Lentsch Jr. | 24 February 1955 | 23 March 1956 | 9 November 1956 | 22 March 1973 | Sold for scrap to A.J. Timmermans in 1977 | [10] |
M822 | Leersum ¹ | De Haan & Oerlemans | 12 February 1955 | 11 August 1956 | 8 March 1957 | 8 February 1966 | Sold for scrap to A.J. Timmermans in 1977 | [11] |
M824 | Sneek | Verschure & Co's | 6 April 1955 | 28 June 1956 | 1 March 1957 | 2 July 1969 | Sold for scrap to F. Rijsdijk in 1969 | [12] |
M826 | Grijpskerk | De Groot & Van Vliet | 5 March 1955 | 10 March 1956 | 16 November 1956 | 15 September 1993 | Sold for scrap to R. Zorn in 1993 | [13] |
M829 | Elst | Gebr. Pot | 10 May 1955 | 21 March 1956 | 6 December 1956 | 2 November 1970 | Sold to the Ethiopian Navy, renamed MS41 | [14] |
M843 | Lisse ¹ | E. J. Smit & Zn. | 10 March 1955 | 17 May 1956 | 22 February 1957 | 2 July 1969 | Sold for scrap to F. Rijsdijk in 1969 | [15] |
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