Admiralen-class
Of the Gerard Callenburgh-class consisting of the Philips van Almonde, Isaac Sweers and Tjerk Hides, preceded by the Admiral-class and succeeded by the Holland-class. Central administration by the Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij. 816 Ton of steel ordered on 10 November 1937, steel arrived at the shipyard on 2 May 1938, building ordered on 19 May 1938, contract signed on 13 June/8 September 1938m administration started on 17 June 1938, laid down in shed at the eastside on the island of the shipyard Kon. Mij. De Schelde with yard number 212 on 28 November 1938, boilers placed between 3-5 January 1940, launched by Mrs. J.L.B. v.d. Arend-Keers on 16 March 1940, stability test on 26 March 1940, escaped still uncompleted from the yard towards Portsmouth, England supported by the Dutch tug Zwarte Zee on 10 May 1940, arrived there on 12 May 1940, completed and commissioned on 24 May 1941 and torpedoed in the Mediterranean by the German submarines U-431 on 13 November 1942 causing the death of 108 men. Super visor during the building on behalf of the Royal Netherlands Navy was chief engineer G. ‘t Hooft.
The technical details according to the yard order administration. Displacement 1.628 (standard)-1.922 (trial with a draught of 3,10 metres)-2.252 (fully loaded) tons and as dimensions 105 (between perpendiculars)-106,30 (over all) x 10,30 c 6,17 (height) x 3,10 (trial)-3,50 metres. Fitted out with 17 water and oil tight bulkheads. Crew numbered 150-194 men. Fuel oil bunker capacity 590 ton. Drinkwater capacity 38 ton and feed water capacity 25 ton. Horsepower 45.000ahp. Speed 36 knots. Number of screws 2. Armament consisted of 2x2-12cm and 1-12cm/4.7” guns, 2-4cm machine guns, 2x4-12,7mm/0.50” machineguns, 2x4 torpedo guns (for which 8 torpedoes were available), 9 depth charges, and 24 mines. Could carry a Fokker aircraft with her.
In practice consisted the armament of 3x2-10,2cm/4” cal 45 Mk XVI quick firing guns, 2x2-cm/1.6” cal 56 Bofors No. 3 anti aircraft guns, 2x4-12,7mm/0.50” cal 52 Vickers Mk III machineguns and 2x4-53,3cm/21” torpedo tubes. The 3 Yarrow Parsons geared turbines and 3 Yarrow boilers supplied 45.000hp allowing a speed of 37,5 knots and with a speed of 15 knots a range of 3.200 nautical miles.
