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HNLMS Abraham van der Hulst (1946)

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The previous Abraham van der Hulst, replaced by this ship after being scuttled in 1940.
History
Netherlands
NameHNLMS Willem van Ewijck
BuilderP. Smit, Rotterdam
Laid down1940
Germany
NameM 553
Launched26 August 1940
Commissioned1940
Decommissioned1945
FateReturned to the Netherlands
Netherlands
NameHNLMS Abraham van der Hulst
NamesakeAbraham van der Hulst
AcquiredMay 1945
Recommissioned1946
Decommissioned1961
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Class and typeTemplate:Sclass-
Displacement460 long tons (467 t)
Length56.8 m (186 ft 4 in)
Beam7.8 m (25 ft 7 in)
Draft2.2 m (7 ft 3 in)
Propulsion
Speed15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement45
Armament
  • 1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun
  • 2 × twin .50-calibre machine guns

HNLMS Abraham van der Hulst was a Template:Sclass- of the Royal Netherlands Navy.

Service history

Built as a replacement for Willem van Ewijck, she was not yet commissioned when the Netherlands surrendered to Germany in May 1940.

Commissioned into Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine, first as AM 1 (also listed as MH 1) on 26 August 1940. She sailed for Emden on 30 August, where she was renamed M 553. She was converted to a torpedo recovery vessel in December 1940. In August 1944 she was transferred to the 27th U-boat Flotilla, responsible for the tactical training of U-boats.

Returned to the Royal Netherlands Navy in May 1945 and recommissioned as the Abraham van der Hulst (the Dutch naval authorities apparently thought her to be this ship). She sailed for the Dutch East Indies on 16 September 1946 for service as patrol ship. After returning to Europe, she was rebuilt as boom defence vessel. Struck in 1961 and transferred to the Zeekadetkorps Nederland (Dutch Sea Cadets) in February 1962. Later scrapped.