HNLMS Piet Hein (1927)
Service
- as Piet Hein25 January 1929 — 19 February 1942902 days of the war
- Name
- HNLMS Piet Hein
- Pennant / hull number
- 1927
- Namesake
- Piet Pieterszoon Hein
- Builder
- Burgerhout, Rotterdam
- Laid down
- 26 August 1925
- Launched
- 2 April 1927
- Commissioned
- 25 January 1929
- Fate
- Sunk, 19 February 1942 (1942)
- Status
- Wreck
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 Piet Hein was a Admiralen-class destroyer of the Royal Netherlands Navy. She carried the pennant number 1927. The ship was named after Piet Pieterszoon Hein. Her keel was laid at Burgerhout, Rotterdam on 26 August 1925. Launched on 2 April 1927, she entered service on 25 January 1929.
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.
She displaced 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 902 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 19 February 1942, at 8°40′S 115°20′E. The wreck survives.
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 Piet Hein (1927) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Dutch Navy personel — Schepen van de Koninklijke Marine in W.O.II — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons