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Friesland-class destroyer

Ship class for the Royal Netherlands Navy

Summary

Ship class for the Royal Netherlands Navy

Field	Value
section1	{{Infobox ship/image
image	Hr.Ms. Groningen (D813) (2158 005284).jpg
image_caption	Friesland-class destroyer HNLMS Groningen
section2	{{Infobox ship/class overview
name	Friesland class
operators	*
class_before
built_range	1951-1958
in_commission_range	1956-1991
total_ships_completed	8
total_ships_retired	8
section3	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
type	Destroyer
displacement	2497 standard, 3070 tons full load
length	116 m
beam	11.7 m
draught	5.2 m
propulsion	2 shaft geared turbines, 4 BW boilers, Super-heated steam @ 620psi, 60,000 hp
speed	36 kn
range	4000 nmi at 18 kn
complement	284
sensors	Radar LW-02, DA-01, ZW-01, M45, Sonar Type PAE 1N, Type CWE 10
armament	*4 × Bofors 120 mm guns (2 × 2)
*8 × [[Bofors 375mm anti submarine rockets	Bofors {{convert	375	mm	in	abbr	on}}]] anti-submarine rockets (2 × 4)

6 × 40mm Bofors AA guns (6 × 1)
8 × Bofors 375 mm anti-submarine rockets (2 × 4)
2 × depth charge racks

The Friesland-class destroyers were built for the Royal Netherlands Navy in the 1950s. They were a larger modified version of the with more powerful machinery. Eight ships were built. They were replaced by the s in the early 1980s and seven ships were sold to the Peruvian Navy where they served until 1991. The main armament was supplied by Bofors.

The machinery was identical to that used in the American s and manufactured under licence by Werkspoor. The radar was manufactured by Hollandse Signaalapparaten.

Background

After World War II, the Royal Netherlands Navy had to be rebuilt. There were different visions about what the navy should look like, opinions on the subject - or fantasies - diverged. One of the plans was based on the Royal Netherlands Navy having no less than 48 submarine destroyers. That number, however, was quickly scaled back. For the 1947 budget, funds were included for the first time for the new ships: the so-called "Submarine Destroyer 1947". In 1948 six ships of these Holland-class destroyers were ordered, but only 4 would eventually be built. In 1948 it was announced that the Dutch navy would purchase, alongside the four "Holland-class" ships, another eight submarine destroyers. In September 1948, a new improved design was made on basis of the Holland-class destroyers, this design was at the time called "Submarine Destroyer 1949" and would later be known as the Friesland-class destroyer. Like the Holland-class destroyers the Friesland-class destroyers were designed by engineer K. de Munter, who was employed at the Bureau Scheepsbouw which fell directly under the Dutch Ministry of the Navy.

Service history

The destroyers of the Friesland class regularly operated with the Karel Doorman and together formed an ASW-Hunter-Killer-Group.

Ships

In contrast to previous Dutch Navy practice the ships were named after provinces or cities rather than admirals.

Pennant number	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
D812	NDSM, Amsterdam	17 December 1951	21 February 1953	22 March 1956	Broken up 1979
D813	NDSM, Amsterdam	21 February 1952	9 January 1954	12 September 1956	Sold to the Peruvian Navy 1980 as
D814	KM de Schelde, Vlissingen	28 November 1953	5 September 1955	31 October 1956	Sold to the Peruvian Navy 1980 as
D815	Wilton-Fijenoord, Schiedam	15 October 1953	8 August 1955	4 October 1957	Sold to the Peruvian Navy 1982 as
D816	NDSM, Amsterdam	9 January 1954	26 March 1955	1 August 1957	Sold to the Peruvian Navy 1981 as
D817	KM de Schelde, Vlissingen	15 February 1954	2 June 1956	1 October 1957	Sold to the Peruvian Navy 1980 as
D818	RDM, Rotterdam	7 January 1954	26 January 1956	28 February 1957	Sold to the Peruvian Navy 1981 as
D819	NDSM, Amsterdam	25 March 1955	25 August 1956	10 April 1958	Sold to the Peruvian Navy 1980 as

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Notes

| In the Dutch navy the ships where classified as "onderzeebootjagers" literally translated: submarine hunters.

;Citations

;Bibliography

Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995

sv:Hr. Ms. Friesland (1953)

References

"Onderzeebootjagers". www.navyinside.nl.
(5 August 2016). "Frieslandklasse onderzeebootjagers". www.marineschepen.nl.
(27 January 2014). "Hollandklasse onderzeebootjagers". www.marineschepen.nl.
Hill, Thomas. (2023). "Sprong in het diepe: De beginjaren van Nederlandse onderzeebootbestrijding".

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