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| Tonnage | 1316 tons standard displacement |
| Dimensions | 321'10" by 31'6" by 9'8" 98,09m by 9.60m by 2.95m |
| Maximum speed | 34 knots |
| Complement | 129 |
| Armament | 4x1 4.7"/50
guns 2x1 75mm/60 AA gun 4 0.50 machine guns 2x3 21" torpedo tubes Depth charges 24 mines |
| Machinery |
2-shaft Parsons geared turbine
(31,000 shp) 3 Yarrow boilers |
| Bunkerage | 300 tons fuel oil |
| Range | 3200 nautical miles (5900 km) at 15 knots |
The Van Ghents
were built in 1924-28 in Dutch
shipyards to a British
design based loosely on the Absucade.
The subsequent Van Galens were quite similar
and the two groups are sometimes listed together as the Admiralen class. All were
obsolescent
by the start of the Pacific War, but they formed the main Dutch
destroyer
strength in the Netherlands
East Indies.
All were lost during the war.
| Van Ghent |
off Paternoster Island in the Flores Sea |
Grounded 1942-2-15 at Tjilatjap and scuttled |
|
Kortenaer |
off Paternoster Island in the Flores Sea |
Torpedoed
1942-2-27 by Haguro in the Java Sea |
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Piet Hein |
off Paternoster Island in the Flores Sea |
Sunk by gunfire 1942-2-19 in the Java Sea |
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Evertsen |
transiting Sunda Strait en route to Singapore
|
Damaged by gunfire 1942-2-19, beached, and scuttled on Sebuku Besar Island near Batavia |
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