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Royal
Netherlands Navy / Koninklijke Marine
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Roofdier class Corvette
(US PCE-1604 – class Patrol Craft
Escort)
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HNLMS Panther (F 821), Vos (F 820),
Hermelijn (F 819) and Wolf (F 817) |
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units: |
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built as |
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F 817 HNLMS
Wolf |
1954 |
PCE-1607 |
Wolf |
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F 818 HNLMS
Fret |
1954 |
PCE-1604 |
Ferret |
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F 819 HNLMS
Hermelijn |
1954 |
PCE-1605 |
Ermine |
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F 820 HNLMS Vos |
1954 |
PCE-1606 |
Fox |
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F 821 HNLMS Panter |
1954 |
PCE-1608 |
Panther |
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F 822 HNLMS Jaguar |
1954 |
PCE-1609 |
Jaguar |
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General Information: |
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PCE-1604 Class Patrol Craft
Escort / Roofdier (Predator) Class Corvettes. All 6 units were built under
the MDAP (Mutual Defence Assistance Programme) in the USA for the Netherlands
and delivered to the Royal
Netherlands Navy in 1954. |
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Technical characteristics (as built): |
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Length: 56,30 meters Beam: 10,30 meters Draft: 2,90 meters Displacement: 950 tons (full load); Propulsion: 2 General Motors GM 12-567A diesel engines
(900 hp/ea. = 1800 hp); 2 shafts; 2
propellers; Speed: approx. 18 knots, max. Crew: 65 Aviation/Hangar: none; |
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Armament (as built): |
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1 3"/50 gun (76mm); 2 40mm - AA guns; 2 20mm - guns; Between 1959 and
1962 the ships were additionally armed with: 1
Mk.15 - Hedgehog Projector; 2
Mk.9 - depth charge tracks; 2
Mk.6 - depth charge projectors (K-gun); |
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