Admiralen-class destroyer

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Admiralen class

HNLMS Evertsen
Class overview
Name	Admiralen class
Operators	Royal Netherlands Navy
Preceded by	Wolf class
Succeeded by	Gerard Callenburgh class
Built	1926–1930
In commission	1928–1942
Completed	8
Lost	8
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	1,316 tons standard 1,640 tons full load
Length	98 m (321 ft 6 in)
Beam	9.53 m (31 ft 3 in)
Draught	2.97 m (9 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	2 shaft, Parsons geared turbines 3 Yarrow type boilers 23,000 kW (31,000 hp)
Speed	36 kn (67 km/h)
Range	3,200 nmi (5,900 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
Complement	129 (120 in second group)
Aircraft carried	1 × Van Berkel W-A
General characteristics First group
Armament	4 × 120 mm (4.7 in) no. 4 Bofors guns (4 × 1) 2 × 75 mm (3 in) no. 6 AA guns 4 × 13 mm (.5 in) Browning machine guns 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (2 × 3)
General characteristics Second group
Armament	4 × 120 mm (4.7 in) no. 5 HIH Siderius guns (4 × 1) 1 × 75 mm (3 in) no. 7 (VG, WW) and no. 8 AA HIH Siderius (BK, VN) guns 4 × 40 mm (1.6 in) no. 1 Vickers AA guns 4 × 13 mm (.5 in) Browning machine guns 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (2 × 3)

The Admiralen class were eight destroyers built for the Royal Netherlands Navy between 1926 and 1931. All ships fought in World War II and were scuttled or sunk.