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Friday, 4 December 2015

Dutch destroyer Hr. Ms. Wolf 1909-1927

In the Dokhaven, Vlissingen, Netherlands


Building ordered on 14/30 July 1909 and for which a contract was signed with the British firma Yarrow, keel laid down with yard number 134 on the lower end of the North slope as part of the Wolf or Roofdier-class on 10 September 1909, she was to be delivered ready for a trial on 24 October 1910, in the thrushes on 20 February 1910, launched on 17 September 1910, technical trials on 29 and 30 November and 1 and 7 December 1910, official trial on 26 January 1911, de livered on 11 April 1911 and departed towards Den Helder on 14 April 1911 and finally sold on a public auction at 09.30 o’clock at the naval establishment at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies for ƒ 800 as scrap to a Japanese on 13 June 1927. Built by engineer J. Janszen jr. with as supervisor for the Royal Netherlands Navy engineer J. v.d. Struijff. Building costs ƒ 925.510.

Two masts. Dimensions 70,10 (between perpendiculars)-70,40 (over all) x 6,53 x 2,04 (fore)-2,82 (aft) x 3,962 (hold) metres or 230’0”-230’11¾” x 21’6” x ? x 13’0”. Displacement 222,5 (when launched with boilers)-483 (standard)-510 tons. When launched was her draught 0,96 (fore)-1,48 (aft) metres.Coal bunker capacity 95 ton or 120 cubic metres. Range 2.360 miles with a speed of 8,5 knots or 670 miles with a speed of 20 knots. Fitted out with type Yarrow water tube boilers nrs. WP105-108 and 2 triple compound engines nrs. 270-271 delivering totally 8.000 ihp and 400 revolutions. At the trial with 8.230 hp a speed of 30,47 miles. After the trial dry docked to be fitted out with bilge keels resulting in around 0,5 miles lesser speed.The armament consisted of 4-7,5cm guns, 4 machineguns and 2-45cm torpedo guns. Her crew numbered 84 men.