Van Amstel-class frigate

HNLMS De Zeeuw at Den Helder on 9 July 1951
Class overview
Name	Van Amstel class
Builders	Dravo Corporation Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Operators	Royal Netherlands Navy
Succeeded by	Van Speijk class
Subclasses	Cannon-class destroyer escort
Built	1943-1944
In commission	1950-1967
Planned	6
Completed	6
Retired	6
General characteristics
Type	Frigate
Displacement	1,240 tons standard 1,620 tons full load
Length	93.3 m (306 ft)
Beam	11 m (36 ft)
Draft	3.5 m (11 ft) full load
Propulsion	4 GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive 6,000 shp (4,500 kW), 2 screws
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h)
Range	10,800 nautical miles (20,000 km; 12,400 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement	15 officers 201 enlisted men
Armament	3 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 guns (3×1) 2 × 40 mm Bofors AA guns (1x2) 8 × 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns (8×1) 3 × Torpedo tubes for 21-inch Mark 15 torpedo (1×3) 8 × depth charge projectors 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar 2 x depth charge tracks

The Van Amstel class was a class of six frigates that were built during the Second World War in the United States and served as Cannon-class destroyer escort during that war.^[1] After the war the destroyer escorts were loaned to the Dutch navy as part of the MDAP and from 1950 to 1967 served as the Van Amstel-class frigates.