NAVYPEDIA

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Van Galen 1951 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Van Galen (ex-Noble)	G84, 1945- J3, 1950- D803	1345	Denny, Dumbarton, UK	7/1939	17.4.1941	2.1942	stricken 10.1956
Tjerk Hiddes (ex-Nonpareil)	G16, 1945- J5, 1950- D806	1346	Denny, Dumbarton, UK	5/1940	25.6.1941	10.1942	to Indonesia 3.1951 (Gadjah Mada)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1773
Displacement full, t	2384
Length, m	103.5 pp 108.7 oa
Breadth, m	10.9
Draught, m	4.22
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	40000
Max speed, kts	36
Fuel, t	oil 464
Endurance, nm(kts)	5500(15)
Armament	Van Galen: 3 x 2 - 120/45 QF Mk XII, 1 x 4 - 40/39 QF Mk VIII, 6 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 5 -533 TT, 2 DCT, 1 DCR (45 DC) Tjerk Hiddes: 3 x 2 - 120/45 QF Mk XII, 1 x 4 - 40/39 QF Mk VIII, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 5 -533 TT, 2 DCT, 1 DCR (45 DC)
Electronic equipment	type 285, type 286/P radars, type 124 sonar
Complement	218

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Project history

Ex-British destroyers of N class, transferred before completion: Van Galen 11.2.1942 and Tjerk Hiddes 27.5.1942.

Modernizations

1943-1944, both: + 2 DCT, 1 DCR (DC stowage was 45 pcs)

1943-1945, presumably both: - type 286/P radar; + type 271 or type 293, type 291 radars

Naval service

No significant events.

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