Wolf-class destroyer

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HNLMS Wolf in Vlissingen c. 1912
Class overview
NameWolf-class destroyer
Builders
OperatorsFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Royal Netherlands Navy
Succeeded by Admiralen class
Built1910–1913
In commission1911–1928
Completed8
Retired8
General characteristics
Type Destroyer
Displacement510  t (500 long tons)
Length70.5 m (231 ft 4 in) o.a.
Beam6.6 m (21 ft 8 in)
Draught2.8 m (9 ft 2 in)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range
  • 2,360  nmi (4,370 km; 2,720 mi) at 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
  • 670 nmi (1,240 km; 770 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement83
Armament

The Wolf- or Fret-class destroyers, also known as the Roofdier class, lit. "predator", [A 1] were a class of eight destroyers that were built between 1910 and 1913 for the Royal Netherlands Navy to serve in the Dutch East Indies. They were the first Dutch destroyers built after a British design. The first six ships were built by Koninklijke Schelde Groep De Schelde shipyards in Vlissingen, and the last two by Fijenoord in Rotterdam. The ships were replaced at the end of the 1920s by the Admiralen class. [1]

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Design

The ships displaced 510 tonnes (502 long tons ) and measured 70.4 metres (231 ft 0 in) in length overall, 6.6 m (21 ft 8 in) in breadth, with a 2 m (6 ft 7 in) draught. They were powered by four Yarrow boilers installed creating steam that produced 8,500 horsepower (6,300  kW ). They had two Krupp-Germania steam turbines that drove two shafts. The first four ships, Wolf, Fret, Bulhond, and Jakhals, each carried 120 t (120 long tons; 130 short tons) of coal, the last four, Lynx, Hermelijin, Vos, and Panter, carried an additional 12.5 t (12.3 long tons; 13.8 short tons) of fuel oil in addition to the 120 t of coal. This gave the last four ships an additional 340 nautical miles (630 km; 390 mi) of endurance.

The ships were armed with four 75-millimetre (3 in)/52-calibre guns, four 7.92 mm (0.31 in)/80-calibre machine guns, and two 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes.

Ships

NameLaid downLaunchedCompletedBuilderFate
Wolf 190917 September 19101911Koninklijke Maatschappij de Schelde, FlushingStricken 1924
Fret 190915 October 19101911Koninklijke Maatschappij de Schelde, FlushingStricken 1922
Bulhond 191020 December 1911August 1912Koninklijke Maatschappij de Schelde, FlushingStricken 1927
Jakhals 191020 January 1912July 1912Koninklijke Maatschappij de Schelde, FlushingStricken 1928
Hermelijn 191122 February 1913July 1913Koninklijke Maatschappij de Schelde, FlushingStricken 1925
Lynx 191124 December 1912July 1913Koninklijke Maatschappij de Schelde, FlushingStricken 1928
Vos 191228 June 1913February 1914Feijenoord, SchiedamStricken 1928
Panter 19129 September 1913March 1914Feijenoord, SchiedamStricken 1934

They are named after mammals of the order Carnivora (Roofdieren is a synonym for carnivore in Dutch). Their names in English, in the sequence listed, mean: wolf, ferret, bulldog, jackal, ermine, lynx, fox and panther.

Notes

  1. From Dutch : roof, "robbery" and dier, "animal". See the Wiktionary article for more information.

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