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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Dokkum class |
| Builders | |
| Operators | |
| Succeeded by | Alkmaar class |
| Subclasses | Wildervank |
| Built | 1953–1957 |
| In commission | 1955–1999 |
| Planned | 18 |
| Completed | 18 |
| Active | 1 |
| Preserved | 5 |
| General characteristics [1][2] | |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Displacement | 417 t (410 long tons) |
| Length | 46.62 m (152 ft 11 in) |
| Beam | 8.75 m (28 ft 8 in) |
| Draft | 2.28 m (7 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Crew | 38 |
| Armament |
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The Dokkum class was a ship class of eighteen minesweepers that were built in the Netherlands for the Royal Netherlands Navy.[4][5] They were paid for by the United States under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program (MDAP).[6][7]
- ^ van Amstel (1991), p. 74.
- ^ van Amstel (1991), p. 79.
- ^ Roetering (1997), p. 108.
- ^ van Amstel (1991), pp. 74–76.
- ^ Raven (1988), p. 184.
- ^ "Mijnenveger Dokkum was met ‚Wildervank' op bezoek in V.S." Leeuwarder Courant (in Dutch). 10 August 1956.
- ^ "Hr Ms mijnenveger Dokkum in dienst gesteld". Algemeen Handelsblad (in Dutch). 27 July 1955.