HNLMS De Ruyter (1935)
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HNLMS De Ruyter (Dutch: Hr.Ms. De Ruyter) was a light cruiser of the Royal Netherlands Navy. She was originally designed as a 5,000 long tons (5,080 t) ship with a lighter armament due to financial problems and the pacifist movement. Later in the design stage, an extra gun turret was added and the armor was improved. She was the seventh ship of the Dutch Navy to be named after Admiral Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter.
HNLMS De Ruyter | |
Class overview | |
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Builders | Wilton-Fijenoord, Schiedam |
Operators | Royal Netherlands Navy |
Preceded by | Java class |
Succeeded by | De Zeven Provinciën class |
Planned | 1 |
Completed | 1 |
Lost | 1 |
History | |
Netherlands | |
Name | De Ruyter |
Laid down | 16 September 1933 |
Launched | 11 March 1935 |
Commissioned | 3 October 1936 |
Fate | Sunk by torpedo in the Java Sea 28 February 1942. Later illegally salvaged. |
General characteristics | |
Type | Light cruiser |
Displacement |
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Length | 170.9 m (560 ft 8 in) |
Beam | 15.7 m (51 ft 6 in) |
Draft | 5.1 m (16 ft 9 in) |
Installed power | 66,000 shp (49,000 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 32 kn (59 km/h; 37 mph) |
Range | 6,800 nmi (12,600 km; 7,800 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 435 max |
Armament |
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Armor | |
Aircraft carried | 2 × Fokker C-11W floatplanes |
Aviation facilities | 1 × catapult |
Notes | All of the above are from this references:[1][2] |
De Ruyter was laid down on 16 September 1933 at the Wilton-Fijenoord dockyard in Schiedam and commissioned on 3 October 1936, commanded by Captain A. C. van der Sande Lacoste. She was sunk in the Battle of the Java Sea in 1942.