HNLMS Rotterdam (D818)

Rotterdam
History
Netherlands
Name	Rotterdam
Namesake	Rotterdam
Builder	RDM, Rotterdam
Laid down	7 January 1954
Launched	26 January 1956
Commissioned	28 February 1957
Decommissioned	15 May 1981
Fate	Sold to the Peruvian Navy
Peru
Name	Diez Canseco
Acquired	1981
Decommissioned	1991
Identification	DD79
Status	decommissioned
General characteristics
Type	Friesland-class destroyer
Displacement	2497 standard, 3070 tons full load
Length	116 m (381 ft)
Beam	11.7 m (38 ft)
Draught	5.2 m (17 ft)
Propulsion	2 shaft geared turbines, 4 BW boilers, Super-heated steam @ 620psi, 60,000 hp
Speed	36 kn (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	284
Sensors and processing systems	Radar LW-02, DA-01, ZW-01, M45, Sonar Type PAE 1N, Type CWE 10
Armament	4 × Bofors 120 mm guns (2 × 2) 6 × 40mm Bofors AA guns (6 × 1) 8 × 375 mm anti submarine mortars (2 × 4) 2 × depth charge racks

HNLMS Rotterdam (D818) (Dutch: Hr.Ms. Rotterdam) was a destroyer of the Friesland class. The ship was in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy from 1957 to 1981. The destroyer was named after the Dutch city of Rotterdam and was the nineteenth ship with this name. In 1981 the ship was taken out of service and sold to Peru where it was renamed Diez Canseco. The ship's radio call sign was "PAFQ".^[1]