HNLMS Evertsen (1926)
Service
- as Evertsen12 April 1928 — 1 March 1942912 days of the war
- Name
- HNLMS Evertsen
- Pennant / hull number
- 1926
- Namesake
- Johan Evertsen
- Builder
- Burgerhout, Rotterdam
- Laid down
- 5 August 1925
- Launched
- 29 December 1926
- Commissioned
- 12 April 1928
- Fate
- Destroyed, 1 March 1942 (1942)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,310 long tons (1,331 t)
- Length
- 98.15 m (322 ft) OA
- Beam
- 9.45 m (31 ft)
- Draught
- 3 m (9.8 ft)
- Speed
- 36 knots (66.7 km/h, 41.4 mph)
- Range
- 3,200 nmi (5,926 km)
- Complement
- 129
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
HNLMS Evertsen was a Admiralen-class destroyer in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy. She carried the pennant number 1926. She was named for Johan Evertsen. Burgerhout, Rotterdam laid her keel on 5 August 1925. Launched on 29 December 1926, she entered service on 12 April 1928.
She was one of eight ships of her class. The class followed the Wolf-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Gerard Callenburgh-class destroyer.
Displacement was 1,310 long tons. She measured 98.2 m (322 ft) long with a beam of 9.4 m (31 ft). Her designed speed was 36 knots, and she carried a complement of 129. Her main battery was of 127 mm (5 in) calibre.
She carried one aircraft. Her machinery developed 31,000 hp.
She was in commission for 912 days of the Second World War.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 3 × Yarrow boilers
- 2 × turbines
- 2 × shafts
- Power
- 31000 hp
- Armament
- 4 × 4.7 in guns (4×1)
- 2 × 3 in AA guns (2×1)
- 4 × .5 in machine guns
- 6 × 21 in torpedo tubes (2×3)
- 24 × mines
- Aircraft
- 1 × Fokker C.VII-W floatplane
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HNLMS Evertsen (1926) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Allan C. Green 1878 - 1954 — State Library of Victoria [1] — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons