HNLMS Drenthe (D816)

Drenthe
History
Netherlands
Name	Drenthe
Namesake	Drenthe
Builder	NDSM, Amsterdam
Laid down	9 January 1954
Launched	26 March 1955
Commissioned	1 August 1957
Decommissioned	24 November 1980
Fate	Sold to the Peruvian Navy
Peru
Name	Guise
Acquired	3 June 1981
Decommissioned	1985
Identification	DD72
Fate	Decommissioned
General characteristics
Type	Friesland-class 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 × 375 mm anti submarine mortars (2 × 4) 2 × depth charge racks

HNLMS Drenthe (D816) (Dutch: Hr.Ms. Drenthe) was a destroyer of the Friesland class. The ship was in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy from 1956 to 1980. The destroyer was named after the Dutch province of Drenthe and was the fourth ship with this name. In 1980 the ship was taken out of service and sold to Peru where it was renamed Guise. The ship's radio call sign was "PALZ".^[1]