Dokkum-class minesweeper

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Class overview
NameDokkum class
Builders
Operators
Succeeded byAlkmaar class
SubclassesWildervank
Built1953–1957
In commission1955–1999
Planned18
Completed18
Active1
Preserved5
General characteristics [1][2]
TypeMinesweeper
Displacement417 t (410 long tons)
Length46.62 m (152 ft 11 in)
Beam8.75 m (28 ft 8 in)
Draft2.28 m (7 ft 6 in)
Propulsion
Speed14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Crew38
Armament

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]

  1. ^ van Amstel (1991), p. 74.
  2. ^ van Amstel (1991), p. 79.
  3. ^ Roetering (1997), p. 108.
  4. ^ van Amstel (1991), pp. 74–76.
  5. ^ Raven (1988), p. 184.
  6. ^ "Mijnenveger Dokkum was met ‚Wildervank' op bezoek in V.S." Leeuwarder Courant (in Dutch). 10 August 1956.
  7. ^ "Hr Ms mijnenveger Dokkum in dienst gesteld". Algemeen Handelsblad (in Dutch). 27 July 1955.