Admiralen class destroyer

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Class overview
Hr. Ms. Evertsen
Built:	1926–1930
In commission:	1928–1942
Completed:	8
Lost:	8
General characteristics
Type:	Destroyer
Displacement:	1,316 tons standard 1,640 tons full load
Length:	98 m (321 ft 6 in)
Beam:	9.53 m (31 ft 3 in)
Draft:	2.97 m (9 ft 9 in)
Propulsion:	2 shaft, Parsons geared turbines 3 Yarrow type boilers 31,000 hp
Speed:	36 kn (67 km/h)
Range:	3,200 nmi (5,900 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
Complement:	129 (120 in second group)
Armament:	4 × 120 mm (4.7 in) guns (4x1) 2 × 75 mm (3.0 in) AA guns (1 gun in 2nd group) 4 × 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns (2nd group only) 4 × .5 in (13 mm) machine guns 6 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes (2x3)
Aircraft carried:	1 × seaplane

The Admiralen Class were eight destroyers built for the Royal Netherlands Navy between 1926 and 1931. All ships fought in World War II and were scuttled or sunk. As is the tradition in the Dutch Navy they were named after Admirals.

[edit] Design

These ships were built in the Netherlands with assistance from the British company Yarrow (at that time the leading builder of destroyers in the world). The Dutch ships were based on the British destroyer HMS Ambuscade. The guns were bought from the Swedish company Bofors. A novel feature was the provision of a seaplane for scouting. There was however no catapult, the plane being lowered into the sea by a crane.

Hr. Ms. Van Galen

[edit] Ships

First Group

Name	Builder	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
*HNLMS Van Ghent* (ex-De Ruyter)**	KM de Schelde	13 October 1926	31 May 1928	Served in the Netherlands East Indies as part of Admiral Karel Doorman's command. Ran aground and was scuttled on 15 February 1942.
HNLMS Evertsen	Bergerhout	29 December 1926	31 May 1928	Served in the Far East. Sunk by the Imperial Japanese Navy on 1 March 1942.
HNLMS Kortenaer	Bergerhout	30 June 1927	3 September 1928	Served in the Far East. Sunk by a torpedo from the Japanese cruiser Haguro during the Battle of the Java Sea on 27 February 1942.
HMNLS Piet Hein	Bergerhout	2 April 1927	25 January 1928	Served in the Far East. Sunk by Japanese destroyers during the Battle of Badung Strait on 19 February 1942.

Second Group

Name	Builder	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
HMNLS Van Galen	Fijenoord	28 June 1928	22 October 1929	Based in the Netherlands at the start of World War II, the ship was dispatched to help with the defence of Rotterdam. Targeted by German bombers in the narrow river she suffered bomb damage and sank on 10 May 1940. The wreck was salvaged and scrapped by the Germans.
HMNLS Witte de With	Fijenoord	12 September 1928	20 February 1930	Scuttled on 2 March 1942 on account of damage incurred during the Battle of the Java Sea.
HMNLS Banckert	Bergerhout	14 November 1929	14 November 1930	Damaged by Japanese bombers and scuttled in Surabaya dockyard. Salvaged by the Japanese, but not repaired and returned to the Dutch after the war. Sunk as a target in September 1949.
HMNLS Van Nes	Bergerhout	20 March 1930	12 March 1931	Sunk after a two-hour battle by Japanese aircraft on 17 February 1942, while escorting a refugee ship (which was also sunk).