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

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Jan van Brakel	M24, 1942- M80, 6.1946- PE1, 1.1947- P5, 1952- F816	201	De Schelde, Vlissingen	5.1935	8.2.1936	6.1936	salvage vessel 1950, frigate 1952, stricken 8.1957

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	740
Displacement full, t	955
Length, m	54.8 pp 58.7 oa
Breadth, m	10.0
Draught, m	3.28
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 2 Yarrow boilers
Power, h. p.	1600
Max speed, kts	15
Fuel, t	oil 72
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 75/52 SA Nr.2, 1 x 1 - 40/39 QF Mk II, 2 x 2 - 12.7/90, 60 mines
Complement	65

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Project history

Ordered 19.11.1934. Actually ship was repeated Nautilus, from which differed by only details (in particular, number of boilers).

Modernizations

late 1940: - 2 x 1 - 75/52, 1 x 1 - 40/39; + 2 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I/II/V, 2 DCR, type 286M radar, sonar

11/1943: - 2 x 1 - 76/40, 2 x 2 - 12.7/90, type 286M radar; + 2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 20, 6 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, type 271 radar

1952: - 2 x 1 - 76/40, 2 x 1 - 20/70; + 1 x 1 - 105/45 SK C/32, 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3

Naval service

In 1950 Jan van Brakel was converted to salvage ship and in 1951-1952 she was modernized, rearmed and reclassified as frigate. She was stricken 1.8.1957 and sunk as a target at atoll Biak.



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