fleet.wikisort.org - ShipHNLMS Witte de With (Dutch: Hr.Ms. Witte de With) was an Admiralen-class destroyer, named after the 17th-century Dutch admiral of the same name. She served during World War II.
For other ships with the same name, see HNLMS Witte de With.
 HNLMS Witte de With |
History |
Netherlands |
Name | Witte de With |
Namesake | Witte Corneliszoon de With |
Builder | Fijenoord |
Laid down | 28 May 1927 |
Launched | 11 September 1928 |
Commissioned | 20 February 1930 |
Fate | Scuttled, 2 March 1942 |
General characteristics |
Class and type | Admiralen-class destroyer |
Displacement |
- 1,316 long tons (1,337 t) standard
- 1,640 long tons (1,666 t) full load
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Length | 98 m (321 ft 6 in) |
Beam | 9.53 m (31 ft 3 in) |
Draft | 2.97 m (9 ft 9 in) |
Installed power |
- 3 × Yarrow type boilers
- 31,000 hp (23 MW)
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Propulsion |
- 2 × Parsons geared turbines
- 2 × shafts
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Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
Range | 3,200 nmi (5,900 km; 3,700 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 149 |
Armament |
- 4 × 120 mm (4.7 in) guns (4×1)
- 1 × 75 mm (3 in) AA gun
- 4 × 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns
- 4 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) guns
- 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (2×3)
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Aircraft carried | 1 × Fokker C.VII-W floatplane |
Aviation facilities | crane |
Service history
The ship was laid down on 28 May 1927, at the shipyard of Fijenoord, in Rotterdam, and launched on 11 September 1928. The ship was commissioned on 20 February 1930.[1]
On 16 November 1935, Witte de With, her sister Van Galen, and the cruiser Sumatra, made a visit to Saigon.[2]
On 23 August 1936, Sumatra, her sister Java, and the destroyers Van Galen, Witte de With, and Piet Hein, where present at the fleet days held at Surabaya. Later that year on 13 November, both Java-class cruisers and the destroyers Evertsen, Witte de With, and Piet Hein, made a fleet visit to Singapore. Before the visit they had practiced in the South China Sea.[3]
World War II
The ship took part in the Battle of the Java Sea on 27 February 1942. HMS Exeter was damaged in the battle and escorted back to Surabaya by Witte de With. A few days later Witte de With was attacked and damaged by Japanese planes on 1 March 1942. The next day she was scuttled.[1]
References
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Second group | |
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- List of destroyers of the Royal Netherlands Navy
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Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in March 1942 |
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Shipwrecks |
- 1 Mar: USS Edsall, HMS Encounter, HNLMS Evertsen, HMS Exeter, USS Houston, USS Pecos, HMAS Perth, USS Pope, Rooseboom, U-656
- 2 Mar: HNLMS Banckert, USAT Don Esteban, Ha-13, HNLMS K X, HNLMS K XIII, HNLMS K XVIII, HNLMS Koning der Nederlanden, USS Pillsbury, USS Stewart, Toendjoek, HNLMS Witte de With
- 3 Mar: USS Asheville, Koolama, SS Mary, USS Perch
- 4 Mar: HMAS Yarra
- 5 Mar: Auby
- 6 Mar: HNLMS Pieter de Bitter, Rononia
- 7 Mar: Arabutan, Nyggjaberg, Uniwaleco
- 8 Mar: HNLMS Eland Dubois, HNLMS Jan van Amstel, Smyshlyony
- 10 Mar: Lady Nelson, Kongō Maru, Tenyo Maru, Yokohama Maru
- 11 Mar: HMS Naiad
- 12 Mar: Texan
- 13 Mar: Tama Maru No. 2, Tolten
- 14 Mar: U-133
- 15 Mar: U-503, HMS Vortigern
- 17 Mar: Île de Batz, San Demetrio
- 18 Mar: E.M. Clark
- 19 Mar: Papoose
- 20 Mar: HMS Heythrop
- 21 Mar: Vamar
- 23 Mar: British Prudence
- 24 Mar: HMS Southwold, U-655
- 26 Mar: HMS Jaguar, HMS Legion, HMS P39
- 27 Mar: USS Atik, U-587, Equipoise
- 28 Mar: HMS Campbeltown, Raceland
- 29 Mar: Hertford, Z26
- 30 Mar: U-585
- Unknown: Emilia, Panay
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Other incidents |
- 2 Mar: Ruth Kellogg, HMS Walney
- 4 Mar: HMAS Tambar
- 5 Mar: Takao Maru
- 10 Mar: China Maru, Tama Maru No. 2
- 11 Mar: Komintern
- 15 Mar: Olean
- 16 Mar: Irish Willow, U-753
- 22 Mar: Kingston
- 25 Mar: Imperial Transport
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1941  1942  1943 February 1942  April 1942 |
На других языках
- [en] HNLMS Witte de With (1928)
[ru] Витте де Витт (эсминец, 1928)
Hr. Ms. Witte De With, бортовая литера WW (Его величества Витте де Витт) — эсминец флота Нидерландов типа Ван Гален, названный в честь вице-адмирала XVII века Витте де Витта.
Заложен на верфи «Maatschappij voor Scheeps- en Werktuigbouw Fijenoord» в Роттердаме 28 мая 1927 года, спущен на воду 11 сентября 1928 года, вступил в строй 20 февраля 1929 года.
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