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

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Evertsen (ex-Scourge)	J2, 1950- D802, 1958- F803	1095	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, UK	6/1941	8.12.1942	7/1943 // 2.1946	stricken 1962
Piet Hein (ex-Serapis)	J4, 1950- D805, 1958- F804	600	Scotts, Greenock, UK	8/1941	25.3.1943	12/1943 // 10.1945	stricken 1961
Kortenaer (ex-Scorpion, ex-Sentinel)	J6, 1950- D804, 1958- F812	1094	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, UK	6/1941	26.8.1942	5/1943 // 10.1945	stricken 1962

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1810
Displacement full, t	2545
Length, m	103.5 pp 110.6 oa
Breadth, m	10.9
Draught, m	4.37 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	40000
Max speed, kts	36.75
Fuel, t	oil 588
Endurance, nm(kts)	4675(20)
Armament	Evertsen, Piet Hein: 4 x 1 - 120/45 QF Mk IX, 1 x 2 - 40/56 Bofors Mk VIII/IX, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk IV, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (70 - 130 DC) Kortenaer: 4 x 1 - 120/45 QF Mk IX, 1 x 4 - 40/39 QF Mk VIII, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk IV, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (70 - 130 DC)
Electronic equipment	type 275, type 277P, type 283, type 291M radars, type 144 or type 146B sonar
Complement	180 - 225

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Project history

Former British destroyers of S class.

Modernizations

1957-1958, all: received platform over TT banks for Whirlwind helicopter.

Naval service

No significant events.

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