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Jan Van Riebeeck 1971

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
Jan Van Riebeeck (ex-Wessex)	D278		Fairfield, Govan, UK	10/1942	2.9.1943	5/1944 // 3.1950	discarded 1978
Simon Van der Stel (ex-Whelp)	D237		Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn, UK	5/1942	3.6.1943	4/1944 // 2.1953	discarded 1976

Technical data

Data variant	as commissioned	type 16 conversion
Displacement standard, t	1810	2105
Displacement full, t	2545	2750
Length, m	103.5 pp 110.6 oa	103.5 pp 109.2 oa
Breadth, m	10.9	10.9
Draught, m	4.32 - 4.37 deep load	5.20 deep load
No of shafts	2	2
Machinery	2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers	2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	40000	40000
Max speed, kts	36.75	36.75
Fuel, t	oil 588
Endurance, nm(kts)	4675(20)	1700 (20)
Armament	4 x 1 - 120/45 CP Mk 22, 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 1 x 4 - 40/39 Mk 7, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 5, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (130 DC)	2 x 2 - 102/45 Mk 19, 4 x 1 - 47/40 Mk 1 (saluting), 4 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 9, 1 x 4 - 533 TT, 2 DCT, 2 DCR, 2 helicopters (Wasp)
Electronic equipment	type 276, type 285, type 291 radars, type 144 sonar	type 293, type 974, NA9C radars, type 170, type 174P sonars
Complement	225	192

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Project history

Former British 'W' class destroters.

Modernizations

1964, Simon Van der Stel; 1966, Jan van Riebeeck: were converted to Type 16 frigates with data as given in the table.

Naval service

These ships were rated as destroyers also after conversion.

© Ivan Gogin, 2016