Holland class (1898)
The Noordbrabant
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The Holland- class was a class of six armored cruisers belonging to the Koninklijke Navy of the Netherlands .
Construction history
The model for the Holland class was the British Apollo class . The first three ships ( construction lot 1) had a standard displacement of 3,900 t, were 93.3 m long, 14.8 m wide and had a draft of 5.41 m. The following three ships (construction lot 2) were 94.7 m long, which increased the displacement to 4,033 t. The shipyards for two ships each were the Rijkswerf in Amsterdam , the NV Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde in Vlissingen and the Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij in Rotterdam .
Machine system
The Holland- class propulsion system consisted of two three-cylinder compound steam engines with triple steam expansion , each of which drove the two screws via a drive shaft. The machines developed 10,000 hp (approx. 7,500 kW). This enabled a top speed of up to 20 kn (about 37 km / h) to be achieved. 875 t of coal could be stashed, with which a range of 4,500 nm could be achieved at 9.7 kn .
Armor
The Holland- class had 5 cm thick armor . In addition, the guns were equipped with a 13 mm thick shield. The bridge superstructures were armored up to 100 mm thick.
Armament
The naval artillery of the Holland class consisted of two 15-cm guns, six 12-cm guns, four 7.6-cm guns and four 1-pfd-guns. These were all set up individually. In addition, two torpedo tubes with a diameter of 45 cm were available.
Successor class
In the 1950s, a new class of destroyer was again called the Holland class . The four ships of the class were named Holland (D808), Zeeland (D809), Noord-Brabant (D810) and Gelderland (D811).
units
Surname | Shipyard | Keel laying | Launch | Commissioning | Whereabouts |
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Holland class (lot 1) | |||||
Holland | Rijkswerf, Amsterdam | 1895 | 4th October 1896 | July 1, 1898 | Decommissioned in 1920. |
Zeeland | NV Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde , Vlissingen | 1895 | March 20, 1897 | June 11, 1898 | Decommissioned in 1924. |
Friesland | Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij, Rotterdam | 1895 | November 4, 1896 | January 16, 1898 | Decommissioned in 1913. |
Holland class (Lot 2) | |||||
Gelderland | Maatschappij voor Scheeps- en Werktuigbouw Fijenoord, Rotterdam | November 1, 1897 | September 28, 1898 | July 15, 1900 | Sunk by Russian aircraft on July 16, 1944, when the anti-aircraft cruiser Niobe was lifted and demolished in 1953. |
Noordbrabant | NV Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde, Vlissingen | August 31, 1897 | January 17, 1899 | March 1, 1900 | Set on fire by his own crew in the port of Vlissingen on May 17, 1940, and later demolished. |
Utrecht | Rijkswerf, Amsterdam | 1897 | July 14, 1898 | March 1, 1901 | Decommissioned in 1913. |