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Van Amstel class Frigate
(ex US Cannon class Destroyer Escorts / DE)
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HNLMS Van Amstel (F 806) |
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units: |
in service |
ex-US Navy ship |
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F 806 HNLMS
Van Amstel |
1943/50 |
USS Burrows / DE 105 |
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F 807 HNLMS De Bitter |
1944/50 |
USS Rinehart / DE196 |
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F 808 HNLMS
Van Ewijck |
1943/50 |
USS Gustavson / DE 182 |
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F 809 HNLMS Dubois |
1943/50 |
USS O'Neill / DE 188 |
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F 810 HNLMS De Zeeuw |
1944/51 |
USS Eisner / DE 192 |
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F 811 HNLMS Van Zijll |
1943/51 |
USS Stern / DE 187 |
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General
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Ex US Navy
Cannon-class Destroyer Escorts (DE); all were built in 1943-44; They were
transferred to Royal Netherlands Navy in 1950/51 under the MDAP (Mutural
Defense Aid Programme); |
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Technical characteristics (as built): |
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Length: 93,27 meters Beam: 11,20 meters Draft: 3,50 meters Displacement: 1240 tons (standard); 1620 tons
(full load) Propulsion: DET (Diesel-Electric
Tandem motor drive) 4 GM Mod.16-278A diesel engines
with electric drive (1500 hp/ea. = 6000 hp); 2 shafts; 2
propellers; Speed: 21 knots, max. Crew: approx. 215 Aviation/Hangar: none; |
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Armament (as built): |
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3 Mk.22 - 3"/50 DP-guns; 2
40mm - AA guns (1 twin); 8 Mk.4 - 20mm AA guns (8 single); 3
Mk.15 - 21" torpedo tubes; 2
Mk.9 - depth charge tracks; 8
Mk.6 – "K-gun" depth charge projectors (up to 120 depth
charges); 1
Mk.10 - Hedgehog Projector (144 rounds); |
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