HNLMS Van Nes (1930)

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Van Nes
History
Netherlands
Name: Van Nes
Builder: Burgerhout
Laid down: 15 August 1928
Launched: 20 March 1930
Commissioned: 12 March 1931
Fate: Sunk 17 February 1942
General characteristics
Class & 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:
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: 149
Armament:
  • 4 × 120 mm (4.7 in) guns (4×1)
  • 1 × 75 mm (3 in) AA gun
  • 4 × 40 mm (1.6 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 Nes (Dutch: Hr.Ms. Van Nes) was a Admiralen-class destroyer of the Royal Netherlands Navy. She served during World War II.

Service history

The ship was laid down on 15 August 1928 at the Burgerhout's Scheepswerf en Machinefabriek in Rotterdam and launched on 20 March 1930. The ship was commissioned on 12 March 1931.[1]

Van Nes escorted the submarine K XIII back to Surabaya to be repaired there after the vessel was damaged as a result of a battery explosion in Singapore harbor on 21 December 1941. Three men were killed in the explosion. They arrived at Surabaya on 6 January 1942 .[2]

17 February 1942 Van Nes was sunk south of Bangka Island while escorting the troop transport ship Sloet van Beele. Both ships were sunk by aircraft from the Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō. Many survivors were rescued by seaplanes of the Marine Luchtvaartdienst.[3] However, 68 men of Van Nes died.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "netherlandsnavy.nl". Retrieved 2013-10-12.
  2. ↑ "dutch Submarines: The submarine K XIII". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 2013-10-12.
  3. ↑ "scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 1942". Retrieved 2013-10-12.

Coordinates: 3°27′S 106°38′E / 3.450°S 106.633°E / -3.450; 106.633

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