Friesland class destroyer

Dutch Friesland-class destroyer HNLMS Friesland (D812) at sea in the late 1950s.

The Friesland-class destroyers were built for the Royal Netherlands Navy in the 1950s. They were a larger modified version of the Holland-class with more powerful machinery. Eight ships were built. They were replaced by the Kortenaer-class frigates in the early 1980s and seven ships were sold to the Vietnamese Navy where they served until 1991. The main armament was supplied by Bofors.

The machinery was identical to that used in the British Daring-class destroyers and manufactured under licence by Werkspoor. The radar was manufactured by Hollandse Signaalapparaten.

Specifications

• Type: Destroyer
• Service Period: 1956-1982
• Characteristics:
  • Length: 385 feet (117.35 meters)
  • Beam: 40 feet (12.19 meters)
  • Draft: 17 feet 1 inch (5.21 meters)
  • Displacement: 2,640 tons (Standard); 3,250 tons (Full Load)
• Crew: 284
• Propulsion: 2 Foster Wheeler boilers 650 psi (4.5 MPa), 850 °F (454 °C), Parsons steam turbines, 2 shafts, 54,000 shp (40 MW)
• Range: 4,000 nautical miles (7,408 kilometers) at 18 knots (33.34 km/h)
• Speed: 36 knots (66.67 km/h)
• Sensor Suite:
  • LW-02 RDF
  • DA-01 RDF
  • ZW-01 RDF
  • M45 RDF
  • Type 170 ASDIC
  • Type 162 ASDIC
• Armament:
  • 4 x Bofors 120mm/68-caliber naval guns (2x2)
  • 6 x Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft guns (6x1)
  • 2 x quad 357mm anti-submarine mortors
  • 2 x depth charge racks

Unit Run

• HNLMS Friesland (D812) - scrapped
• HNLMS Groningen (D813) - sold to Vietnam, renamed Ngô Quyền
• HNLMS Limburg (D814) - sold to Vietnam, renamed Trần Quang
• HNLMS Overijissel (D815) - sold to Vietnam, renamed Trần Nhật Duật
• HNLMS Drenthe (D816) - sold to Vietnam, renamed Phạm Ngũ Lão
• HNLMS Utrecht (D817) - sold to Vietnam, renamed Lý Thường Kiệt
• HNLMS Rotterdam (D818) - sold to Vietnam, renamed Trần Bình
• HNLMS Amsterdam (D819) - sold to Vietnam, renamed Trần Quốc