Friesland-class destroyer

Friesland-class destroyer HNLMS Groningen
Class overview
Name	Friesland class
Operators	Royal Netherlands Navy  Peruvian Navy
Preceded by	Holland class
Built	1951-1958
In commission	1956-1991
Completed	8
Retired	8
General characteristics
Type	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 × Bofors 375 mm (14.8 in) anti-submarine rockets (2 × 4) 2 × depth charge racks

The Friesland-class destroyers^[a] were built for the Royal Netherlands Navy in the 1950s. They were a larger modified version of the Holland class with more powerful machinery. Eight ships were built.^[1] They were replaced by the Kortenaer-class frigates in the early 1980s and seven ships were sold to the Peruvian Navy where they served until 1991. The main armament was supplied by Bofors.^[2]

The machinery was identical to that used in the American Gearing-class destroyers and manufactured under licence by Werkspoor. The radar was manufactured by Hollandse Signaalapparaten.

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