HNLMS Van Galen (G84)

Van Galen, 1942
Career (United Kingdom)
Name: Noble
Builder: William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton
Laid down: 10 July 1939
Launched: 17 April 1941
Completed: 20 February 1942
Identification: pennant number:G84
Notes: Transferred to Royal Netherlands Navy before completion
Career (Netherlands)
Name: Van Galen
Namesake: Johan van Galen
Completed: 20 February 1942
Struck: October 1956
Identification: pennant number:G84
Fate: Sold for scrapping, 1957
General characteristics as per Lenton[1]
Class and type:N-class destroyer Imported from Wikidata (?)
Type:N-class destroyer
Displacement:1,773 long tons (1,801 t) standard
2,384 long tons (2,422 t) full load
Length:356 ft 6 in (108.66 m) o/a
Beam:35 ft 9 in (10.90 m)
Draught:12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) full
Propulsion:2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers, Parsons geared steam turbines, 40,000 shp (29.8 MW) on 2 shafts
Speed:36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) maximum
32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) at full load displacement
Range:5,500 nmi (10,200 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
1,500 nmi (2,800 km) at 32 kn (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Complement:183
Armament:• 6 × QF 4.7 inch (120-mm) Mk.XII L/45 guns, twin mount CP Mk.XIX
• 1 × QF 4 in Mk.V (102 mm), mount HA Mk.III
• 4 × QF 2 pounder Mk.VIII (40 mm), quad mount Mk.VII
• 4 × QF 20 mm Oerlikon, single mounts P Mk.III
• 4 × QF 0.5 in Mk.III (12.7mm) Vickers, twin mount Mk.V
• 5 (1×5) tubes for 21 in torpedoes Mk.IX

HNLMS Van Galen was an N-class destroyer of the Royal Netherlands Navy during World War II. She was built as the British Royal Navy destroyer HMS Noble (G84), but was commissioned into the Royal Netherlands Navy shortly after completion. The ship served throughout World War II and was stricken in October 1956 and scrapped in February 1957 in the Netherlands.

References

  1. Lenton, H. T., British and Empire Warships of the Second World War, Greenhill Books, ISBN 1-85367-277-7