Tromp-class cruiser

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Tromp
Class overview
NameTromp class
BuildersNederlandsche Scheepsbouw Mij.
OperatorsNaval Jack of the Netherlands.svg  Royal Netherlands Navy
Built1936–1940
In commission1938–1969
Planned2
Completed2
Retired2
General characteristics
Type Flotilla leader
Displacement3,350 long tons (3,404 t) standard
Length131.95 m (432 ft 11 in)
Beam12.43 m (40 ft 9 in)
Draught4.32 m (14 ft 2 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 Parsons geared steam turbines
  • 4 Yarrow boilers
  • 2 shafts
  • 56,000 shp (41,759 kW)
Speed32.5 knots (37.4 mph; 60.2 km/h)
Complement
  • 380 (Tromp)
  • 420 (Jacob van Heemskerk)
Armament
  • Tromp :
  • 6 × 150 mm (5.9 in) guns (3×2)
  • 4 × 75 mm
  • 8 × 40 mm (4×2)
  • 2 × 20 mm
  • 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (2×3)
  • Jacob van Heemskerk :
  • 10 × 102 mm (4 in) guns (5×2)
  • 8 × 40 mm (4×2)
  • 4 × 20 mm
Aircraft carried1 × Fokker C.XIW floatplane (Tromp)
NotesAll of the above are from [1]

The Tromp class was a class of ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The hull shape was also known as the Argonaut 600. They were designed as "flotilla leaders" and their intended role was to be the backbone of a squadron of modern destroyers that was planned at the same time (One of which was finished in the UK and the other in Germany. Two others scrapped). The ships were ordered in 1935; Tromp was launched in 1937, and her sister ship Jacob van Heemskerck in 1939. [1] [2] Often referred to as 'light cruisers', they were significantly smaller and less capable than most light cruisers of the era.

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At the outbreak of World War II, Tromp was sent to the Dutch East Indies. Jacob van Heemskerck was still being completed in the naval shipyard in Den Helder when the German attack started on 10 May 1940, but she succeeded in escaping to the United Kingdom, where she was completed with a completely different armament set, as an anti-aircraft ship. Both ships served in the Far East and survived the war, Tromp to be decommissioned in 1955 and sold for scrap in 1969 and Jacob van Heemskerck to become an artillery instruction ship in 1947, decommissioned in 1969 and sold for scrap in 1970. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Ships

Construction data
NameLaid downLaunchedCommissionedDecommissioned
Tromp 17 January 193624 May 193718 August 193820 December 1968
Jacob van Heemskerck 31 October 193816 September 193910 May 194020 November 1969

Citations

  1. 1 2 "Lichte kruisers van de Trompklasse". www.tracesofwar.nl.
  2. ↑ "Jacob van Heemskerck". Onze Vloot. Archived from the original on 2019-05-30. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
  3. ↑ "Lichte kruisers van de Trompklasse, HNLMS TROMP 1". www.tracesofwar.nl.
  4. ↑ "Lichte kruisers van de Trompklasse HNLMS Tromp 2". www.tracesofwar.nl.
  5. ↑ "Lichte kruisers van de Trompklasse, HNLMS Jacob van Heemskerck 1". www.tracesofwar.nl.
  6. ↑ "Lichte kruisers van de Trompklasse, HNLMS Jacob van Heemskerck 2". www.tracesofwar.nl.
  7. ↑ "Lichte kruisers van de Trompklasse, na-oorlogse periode". www.tracesofwar.nl.
  8. ↑ "HNLMS Tromp". Beeldbank Nederlands Instituut van defensie. Archived from the original on 2018-10-12. Retrieved 2018-10-12.

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