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Johan Maurits van Nassau Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Johan Maurits van Nassau (ex-Ribble)	K251, 1945- JO1, 1950- F802	756	Simons, Renfrew, UK	12.1942	23.4.1943	6.1943	TS 1953, stricken 1959

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1493
Displacement full, t	1994
Length, m	86.3 pp 91.8 oa
Breadth, m	11.2
Draught, m	3.89 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	5500
Max speed, kts	20
Fuel, t	oil 440
Armament	2 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk XIX, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (150)
Electronic equipment	type 271, type 291 radars, type 144 sonar
Complement	140

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Project history

"River" type frigate, transferred to Dutch Navy before commission.

Modernizations

1947: - 2 x 1 - 102/40, type 271, type 291 radars, type 144 sonar; + 2 x 1 - 105/45 SK C/32, type 277P, type 284, type 294 radars, type 147F sonar

Naval service

Early 1945 Johan Maurits van Nassau was returned to the Great Britain, but after end of war she was redeemed by the Netherlands and transferred for fishery protection duties. In 1951-1953 the ship participated in war in Korea and then she was used as gunnery drill ship.



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