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Utrecht 1901

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Holland			Rijkswerf Amsterdam	1895	4.10.1896	1898	stricken 1920
Zeeland		85	De Schelde, Vlissingen	1895	1897	6.1898	stricken 1924
Friesland		171	Fijenoord, Schiedam	1895	1896	2.1898	stricken 1913
Gelderland		174	Fijenoord, Schiedam	1.11.1897	28.9.1898	16.7.1900	TS 1920, stricken 8.1939
Noord Brabant		88	De Schelde, Vlissingen	31.8.1897	17.1.1899	1.3.1900	stricken 1920
Utrecht			Rijkswerf Amsterdam	1897	14.7.1898	1900	stricken 1913

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	Holland, Zeeland, Friesland: 3840 Gelderland, Noord Brabant, Utrecht: 3970
Displacement full, t
Length, m	Holland, Zeeland, Friesland: 93.3 oa Gelderland, Noord Brabant, Utrecht: 94.7 oa
Breadth, m	14.8
Draught, m	5.41 max
No of shafts	2
Machinery	Holland, Zeeland, Friesland: 2 VTE, 8 Yarrow boilers Gelderland, Noord Brabant, Utrecht: 2 VTE, 8 Yarrow + 2 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	10000
Max speed, kts	20
Fuel, t	coal 814 - 875
Endurance, nm(kts)	4500(10)
Armour, mm	Harvey Nickel steel: deck: 57, ER glacis: 127, main gun shields: 152, secondary gun shields: 13, CT: 102
Armament	Zeeland: 2 x 1 - 149/37 Krupp No.2, 6 x 1 - 120/37 Krupp No.1, 6 x 1 - 75/37 Krupp No.1, 8 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 4 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss, 2 - 450 TT (1 bow, 1 stern) Holland, Friesland: 2 x 1 - 149/37 Krupp No.2, 6 x 1 - 120/37 Krupp No.2, 6 x 1 - 75/37 Krupp No.1, 8 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 4 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss, 2 - 450 TT (1 bow, 1 stern) Gelderland, Noord Brabant, Utrecht: 2 x 1 - 149/37 Krupp No.3, 6 x 1 - 120/37 Krupp No.3, 6 x 1 - 75/37 Krupp No.2, 8 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 4 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss, 2 - 450 TT (1 bow, 1 stern)
Complement	324 - 371

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Project history

Protected cruisers (Pantser-dekschepen), designed on a basis of British Apollo class. On trials Gelderland shown about 20kts, but by 1939 she reached no more than 15kts.

Ship protection

Ships were protected by 57mm deck with 57mm slopes, engine room had 127mm glacis. 152mm guns were protected by fully enclosed 152mm shields.

Modernizations

1914-1915, Holland: - 2 x 1 - 149/37, 2 x 1 - 75/37, 8 x 1 - 37/20, 4 x 5 - 37/17, 2 - 450 TT; + 4 x 1 - 120/37 Krupp No.2

1914-1915, Noord Brabant: - 2 x 1 - 149/37, 2 x 1 - 75/37, 8 x 1 - 37/20, 4 x 5 - 37/17, 1 - 450 TT (bow); + 4 x 1 - 120/37 Krupp No.3

1914-1915, Zeeland, Gelderland: - 2 x 1 - 149/37, 2 x 1 - 75/37, 8 x 1 - 37/20, 4 x 5 - 37/17, 2 - 450 TT; + 2 x 1 - 120/40 Krupp No.3

1939, Gelderland: + 8 x 1 - 12.7/90, 3 x 1 - 7.9/80

Naval service

Gelderland till 1939 was used as gunnery drill ship, but 24.8.1939 she was stricken from fleet list and in 1940 partially disarmed. In May, 1940 she was captured by Germans at Den Helder, converted to floating AA battery Niobe and sunk by Soviet aircraft at Kotka (Finland) 16.7.1944; wreck was raised in 1947 and scrapped.

Noord Brabant in 1920 was stricken and disarmed, but since 1926 used as a training and barrack hulk at Vlissingen with 1 75mm gun onboard; she was blown up 17.5.1940, wreck was raised by Germans and scrapped.



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