Holland class destroyer
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The Holland class destroyers were built for the Royal Netherlands Navy
in the 1950s. They were the first major ships designed and built by the Dutch after World War II. In contrast to previous Dutch Navy practice the ships were named after provinces rather than Admirals.
120 mm guns which were capable of 45 rounds per minute. The mountings were automated and stabilsed with radar control. Anti-submarine weaponry consisted of two Bofors anti-submarine mortars.
The machinery was ordered before the war for the s and hidden during the German occupation. The turbines were built by Werkspoor and four boilers were used. The ships had a unit machinery layout.
The superstructure was built of aluminum alloy in order to reduce weight and electric welding was used throughout.
The Netherlands navy considered replacing the after 120 mm turret with a guided missile system in the late 1950s but this project was cancelled.
Royal Netherlands Navy
The Koninklijke Marine is the navy of the Netherlands. In the mid-17th century the Dutch Navy was the most powerful navy in the world and it played an active role in the wars of the Dutch Republic and later those of the Batavian Republic and the Kingdom of the Netherlands...
in the 1950s. They were the first major ships designed and built by the Dutch after World War II. In contrast to previous Dutch Navy practice the ships were named after provinces rather than Admirals.
Design
These ships were unusual as they were the first destroyers built without large calibre anti-ship torpedoes. Their primary role was anti-submarine warfare and convoy defence. The armament comprised two twin BoforsBofors
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120 mm guns which were capable of 45 rounds per minute. The mountings were automated and stabilsed with radar control. Anti-submarine weaponry consisted of two Bofors anti-submarine mortars.
The machinery was ordered before the war for the s and hidden during the German occupation. The turbines were built by Werkspoor and four boilers were used. The ships had a unit machinery layout.
The superstructure was built of aluminum alloy in order to reduce weight and electric welding was used throughout.
The Netherlands navy considered replacing the after 120 mm turret with a guided missile system in the late 1950s but this project was cancelled.
Ships
| Ship | Pennant number |
Builder | Commissioned | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HNLMS Holland | D 808 | Rotterdam Dockyard | 1954 | Sold to the Peruvian Navy Peruvian Navy The Peruvian Navy is the branch of the Peruvian Armed Forces tasked with surveillance, patrol and defense on lakes, rivers and the Pacific Ocean up to 200 nautical miles from the Peruvian littoral... in 1982, as the BAP García y García, struck 1986 |
| HNLMS Zeeland | D 809 | Royal Schelde | 1955 | Decommissioned 1979 |
| HNLMS Noord Brabant | D 810 | Royal Schelde | 1955 | Decommissioned 1974, following damage in collision |
| HNLMS Gelderland | D 811 | Wilton Fijenoord | 1955 | Decommissioned 1973 |