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ATJEH unprotected cruisers (1877-1887)


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De Ruyter

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Atjeh     Rijkswerf Amsterdam 3.3.1875 6.12.1876 1.11.1877 accommodation ship 11.1906
Tromp     Rijkswerf Amsterdam 1875 1877 1878? stricken 1904
Koningin Emma der Nederlanden (ex-De Ruyter)     Rijkswerf Amsterdam 1876 1879 1880? hulk 1900
De Ruyter     Rijkswerf Amsterdam 1879 1880 1885 stricken 1899
Van Speyk     Rijkswerf Amsterdam 1880 1882 1883? stricken 1897
Johan Willem Friso (ex-Kortenaer)     Rijkswerf Amsterdam 1883 1886 1887? stricken 1897


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

3425 - 3669

Displacement full, t 
Length, m

91.8 - 92.1

Breadth, m12.5
Draught, m6.40 - 6.96 max
No of shafts

1

Machinery 
Power, h. p.

2700 - 3300

Max speed, kts

13.5 - 14.8

Fuel, t

coal 440 - 580 max

Endurance, nm(kts)2000(10)
Armament

6 x 1 - 173/22 Krupp No.1, 8 x 1 - 120/16 Krupp No.1

Complement277 - 306


Standard scale images


<i>Atjeh </i>1878
Atjeh 1878


Graphics


<i>De Ruyter</i>
De Ruyter


Project history

Ship-rigged unprotected cruisers with sheathed iron hulls. De Ruyter and Van Speyk had one funnel, others had two.

Modernizations

1880s, all: + 8 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 6 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss

Naval service

No significant events.