M551 1944
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| M551 (ex-Willem van Ewijk) | P. Smit, Rotterdam | 1939 | 18/4/1940 | 8/1940 | surrendered 5/1945, to Netherlands 8/1946 (Abraham van der Hulst) | |
| M552 (ex-Pieter Florisz) | P. Smit, Rotterdam, Netherlands | 11/1936 | 11/5/1937 | 9/1937 // 1941 | surrendered 5/1945, to Netherlands 8/1946 (Pieter Florisz) | |
| M553 (ex-Abraham van der Hulst) | Gusto, Schiedam, Netherlands | 11/1936 | 31/5/1937 | 10/1937 // 1941 | sunk 21/4/1944, salvaged, never repaired |
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Displacement standard, t |
460 |
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Displacement full, t |
620 |
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Length, m |
55.8 wl 55.8 oa |
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Breadth, m |
8.11 |
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Draught, m |
2.68 deep load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
VTE, 2 Yarrow boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
1657 |
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Max speed, kts |
15.3 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 114 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 4700(11) |
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Armament |
M551: 1 x 1 - 75/60 Bofors Mod.1928, sweeps M552, 553: 3 x 1 - 20/65 C/38 |
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Complement |
59 |
Ship project history: Former Dutch minesweepers of Jan van Amstel class. Pieter Florisz and Abraham van der Hulst were scuttled 14/5/1940, salvaged by Germans and repaired. Willem van Ewijk was captured incomplete and completed for German fleet.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: M553 was lost 29/4/1944 on a mine at N coasts of Germany, 20/7/1944 salvaged and towed off on repair to Gotenhaven, but 19/8/1944 stricken. M551 and M552 in 1945 were returned to the Netherlands.
M553
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