HNLMS Van Galen (1928)

HNLMS Van Galen
History
Netherlands
Name	Van Galen
Namesake	Johan van Galen
Builder	Fijenoord
Laid down	28 May 1927
Launched	28 June 1928
Commissioned	22 October 1929
Fate	Sunk, 10 May 1940
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
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)
Propulsion	2 × Parsons geared turbines 2 × shafts
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)
Aircraft carried	1 × Fokker C.VII-W floatplane
Aviation facilities	crane

HNLMS Van Galen (Dutch: Hr.Ms. Van Galen) was a Admiralen-class destroyer of the Royal Netherlands Navy, named after the 17th century Dutch Commodore Johan van Galen. She served during World War II. The opening chapter of E.H.Larive's autobiography 'The Man Who Came In From Colditz' (p. Hale, 1975) describes in detail the craft's demise.