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Drenthe 1980 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Friesland	D812	428	Nederlandse Dok- en Scheepsbouw Mij, Amsterdam	17.12.1951	21.2.1953	22.3.1956	stricken 6.1979
Groningen	D813	429	Nederlandse Dok- en Scheepsbouw Mij, Amsterdam	21.2.1952	9.1.1954	12.9.1956	to Peru 3.1981 (Gálvez)
Limburg	D814	271	KM De Schelde, Vlissingen	28.11.1953	5.9.1955	31.10.1956	to Peru 6.1980 (Capitan Quiñones)
Overijssel	D815	729	Wilton-Fijenoord, Schiedam	15.10.1953	8.8.1955	4.10.1957	to Peru 6.1982 (Colonel Bolognesi)
Drenthe	D816	436	Nederlandse Dok- en Scheepsbouw Mij, Amsterdam	9.1.1954	26.3.1955	1.8.1957	to Peru 6.1981 (Guise)
Utrecht	D817	272	KM De Schelde, Vlissingen	15.2.1954	2.6.1956	1.10.1957	to Peru 10.1980 (Castilla)
Rotterdam	D818	277	Rotterdamse Droogdok Mij	7.1.1954	26.1.1956	28.2.1957	to Peru 6.1981 (Diez Canseco)
Amsterdam	D819	437	Nederlandse Dok- en Scheepsbouw Mij, Amsterdam	26.3.1955	25.8.1956	10.4.1958	to Peru 5.1980 (Villar)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	2497
Displacement full, t	3070
Length, m	112.8 pp 116.0 oa
Breadth, m	11.7
Draught, m	5.20
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets Werkspoor geared steam turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers
Power, h. p.	60000
Max speed, kts	36
Fuel, t	oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	4000(18)
Armament	2 x 2 - 120/50 Bofors No.10, 6 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors SP48, 2 x 4 - 375 Bofors ASWRL, 2 DCR
Electronic equipment	LW-02, DA-01, ZW-01, M45 radars, type 170B, type 162 sonars
Complement	284

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Project history

The major difference between the Friesland class and their predecessors lay in the increased size and power of their propulsion machinery, which was identical to that of the US Gearing class; 42.8kts was attained on trials. The increase in length and displacement enabled them to carry a heavier battery of light AA guns: four single 40mm were grouped around a built-up after structure carrying the lattice mainmast, and a further two were fitted forward of the bridge.

Modernizations

1960, Utrecht; 1961, Overijssel: + 8 - 533 ASW TT

early 1960s, Utrecht, Overijssel: - 8 - 533 ASW TT

mid-1960s, all: - 2 x 1 - 40/70 (fwd)

early 1970s, all: - type 170B, type 162 sonars; + CWE-10N, PAE-1N sonars

1970s, all: - LW-02, DA-01, ZW-01 radars; + LW-03, DA-05, ZW-06, Decca TM1229 radars

1977-1978, all: - FC radar for 40mm guns

Naval service

No significant events.

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