| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HNLMS Van Ghent |
| Namesake: | Willem Joseph van Ghent |
| Launched: | 13 October 1926 |
| Commissioned: | 31 May 1928, as HNLMS De Ruyter |
| Renamed: | Van Ghent, 1935 |
| Fate: | Scuttled, 15 February 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Admiralen-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,316 long tons (1,337 t) standard 1,640 long tons (1,666 t) 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: | Parsons geared turbines 3 × Yarrow type boilers 31,000 hp (23 MW) 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
| Range: | 3,200 nmi (5,900 km; 3,700 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement: | 129 |
| Armament: | • 4 × 120 mm (4.7 in) guns (4×1) • 2 × 75 mm (3 in) AA guns • 4 × .5 in (13 mm) machine guns • 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (2×3) |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 × seaplane |
HNLMS Van Ghent was an Admiralen-class destroyer, launched on 13 October 1926, commissioned on 31 May 1928 as HNLMS De Ruyter, and renamed in 1935.
Van Ghent served in the Netherlands East Indies as part of Rear Admiral Karel Doorman's command. She was involved in the salvage of the USAT Liberty. She ran aground and was scuttled on 15 February 1942.
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