HMS Serapis (G94)

Piet Hein in 1950
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Serapis
Ordered	9 January 1941
Builder	Scotts, Greenock
Laid down	14 August 1941
Launched	25 March 1943
Commissioned	23 December 1943
Identification	Pennant number: G94
Fate	To Netherlands 5 October 1945
Netherlands
Name	HNLMS Piet Hein
Commissioned	5 October 1945
Identification	Pennant number DD 805[1]
Fate	Sold for scrap 1962
General characteristics
Class and type	S-class destroyer
Displacement	1,710 long tons (1,737 t) (standard)
Length	362 ft 9 in (110.57 m) oa
Beam	35 ft 8 in (10.87 m)
Draught	14 ft 0 in (4.27 m)
Propulsion	2 shaft Parsons geared turbines 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers 40,000 shp (30,000 kW)
Speed	36 knots (41 mph; 67 km/h)
Complement	180
Armament	4 × 4.7-inch (120 mm) QF Mk IX guns (4×1) 2 × 40 mm Bofors (1x2) 8 × 20 mm guns anti-aircraft guns 8 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2×4)

HMS Serapis was an S-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy. The ship was built by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company from 1941 to 1943, and was launched on 25 March 1943 and completed on 25 December 1943.

Serapis operated with the Home Fleet during the Second World War, escorting Arctic Convoys and taking part in the Invasion of Normandy in 1944. After the end of the war, the ship was sold to The Netherlands, being renamed HNLMS Piet Hein. Piet Hein served in Indonesian War of Independence and the Korean War. She was sold for scrap in 1962.