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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 | 36 knots |
| Complement | 120 |
| Armament | 4x1 4.7"/50
guns 1 75mm/60 AA gun 4 4x1 40mm Bofors AA guns 4 0.50 machine guns 2x3 21" torpedo tubes Depth charges Minesweeping gear |
| Machinery |
2-shaft Parsons geared turbine
(31,000 shp) 3 Yarrow boilers |
| Bunkerage | 330 tons fuel oil |
| Range | 3300 nautical miles (6100 km) at 15 knots |
The Van Galens
were near-sisters of the Van Ghents (the two classes
sometimes being listed together as the Admiralen class) but were built in
1927-31 without British
assistance. They were completed with higher-pressure boilers. a more
effective antiaircraft
battery featuring the 40mm Bofors, and minesweeping rather than minelaying gear. Though
obsolescent
by the start of the Pacific War, the Admiralens
formed the main Dutch
destroyer
strength in the Netherlands
East Indies.
All were lost during the war, although the Banckert was
partially salvaged by the
Japanese and
returned to the Dutch after the surrender.
| Witte
de With |
off Paternoster Island in the Flores Sea | Damaged by aircraft and scuttled
1942-3-2 at Surabaya |
| Banckert |
off Paternoster Island in the Flores Sea | Damaged by aircraft and scuttled
1942-3-2 at Surabaya |
| Van
Nes |
transiting Sunda Strait en route
to Singapore
|
Sunk by aircraft 1942-2-17 in Banka Straits |
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