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VAN GALEN destroyers (1942)


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Van Galen 1951 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Van Galen (ex-Noble) G84, 1945- J3, 1950- D803 1345 Denny, Dumbarton, UK 7/1939 17.4.1941 2.1942 stricken 10.1956
Tjerk Hiddes (ex-Nonpareil) G16, 1945- J5, 1950- D806 1346 Denny, Dumbarton, UK 5/1940 25.6.1941 10.1942 to Indonesia 3.1951 (Gadjah Mada)


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

1773

Displacement full, t

2384

Length, m

103.5 pp 108.7 oa

Breadth, m

10.9

Draught, m

4.22

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers

Power, h. p.

40000

Max speed, kts

36

Fuel, t

oil 464

Endurance, nm(kts)5500(15)
Armament

Van Galen: 3 x 2 - 120/45 QF Mk XII, 1 x 4 - 40/39 QF Mk VIII, 6 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 5 -533 TT, 2 DCT, 1 DCR (45 DC)

Tjerk Hiddes: 3 x 2 - 120/45 QF Mk XII, 1 x 4 - 40/39 QF Mk VIII, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 5 -533 TT, 2 DCT, 1 DCR (45 DC)

Electronic equipment

type 285, type 286/P radars, type 124 sonar

Complement

218



Standard scale images


<i>Van Galen </i>1955
Van Galen 1955
<i>Van Galen </i>1942
Van Galen 1942
<i>Van Galen</i> 1942
Van Galen 1942


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<i>Van Galen</i> 1951 <i>Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.</i>
Van Galen 1951 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.


Project history

Ex-British destroyers of N class, transferred before completion: Van Galen 11.2.1942 and Tjerk Hiddes 27.5.1942.

Modernizations

1943-1944, both: + 2 DCT, 1 DCR (DC stowage was 45 pcs)

1943-1945, presumably both: - type 286/P radar; + type 271 or type 293, type 291 radars

Naval service

No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.