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| Tonnage | 3450 tons standard |
| Dimensions | 433' by 40'9" by 14'2" 131.97m by 12.43m by 4.64m |
| Maximum speed | 32.5 knots |
| Complement | 309 |
| Armament | 5x2 4"/45
dual-purpose guns 1x4 2pdr AA guns 6x1 20mm Hispano-Suiza AA guns Two depth charge throwers |
| Protection | 450 tons: 0.63" (16mm) belt 1" (25mm) deck (forward magazines and machinery) 0.63" (15mm) deck (aft magazines) 1.2" (30mm) bulkheads 0.5" (12mm) conning tower 1" (25mm) gun shields 1" (25mm) barbettes 1.18" (30mm) torpedo holding bulkhead |
| Machinery |
2-shaft Parsons geared turbine
(56,000 shp) 4 Yarrow boilers |
| Bunkerage | 860 tons fuel oil |
| Range | 6000 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 12 knots |
| Modifications |
1944/45: 1x4 2pdr replaced with 4x2 40mm
Hazemeyer AA guns. 6x1 20mm Hispano guns replaced by 4x2 20mm Oerlikon AA guns. |
Jacob van Heemskerck was laid down as a Tromp-class light cruiser but was still incomplete when war broke out in Europe. She was completed in Britain as an antiaircraft cruiser, with a completely different main armament.
She did not arrive in the Far East in time for the defense of the Malay Barrier, and joined
the British Far East
Fleet instead in early 1942. She returned to Britain at the end of
1943.
References
Gogin (2010; accessed 2012-12-25)
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