Friesland-class destroyer

Friesland-class destroyer HNLMS Amsterdam
Class overview
Name	Friesland class
Operators	Royal Netherlands Navy Peruvian Navy
Preceded by	Template:Sclass-
Built	1951-1958
In commission	1956-1991
Completed	8
Retired	8
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	2497 standard, 3070 tons full load
Length	116 m (381 ft)
Beam	11.7 m (38 ft)
Draught	5.2 m (17 ft)
Propulsion	2 shaft geared turbines, 4 BW boilers, Super-heated steam @ 620psi, 60,000 hp
Speed	36 kn (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	284
Sensors and processing systems	Radar LW-02, DA-01, ZW-01, M45, Sonar Type PAE 1N, Type CWE 10
Armament	4 × Bofors 120 mm guns (2 × 2) 6 × 40mm Bofors AA guns (6 × 1) 2 × quad 357 mm anti submarine mortars 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 Template:Sclass- with more powerful machinery. Eight ships were built. They were replaced by the Template:Sclass-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 Template:Sclass-s and manufactured under licence by Werkspoor. The radar was manufactured by Hollandse Signaalapparaten.

Ships

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

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

Friesland
bron: Koninklijke Marine

References

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