HNLMS Evertsen (1926)

HNLMS Evertsen
History
Netherlands
NameEvertsen
NamesakeJohan Evertsen
Laid down5 August 1925
Launched29 December 1926
Commissioned12 April 1928
FateDestroyed, 1 March 1942
General characteristics
Class and typeAdmiralen-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 1,316 long tons (1,337 t) standard
  • 1,640 long tons (1,666 t) full load
Length98 m (321 ft 6 in)
Beam9.53 m (31 ft 3 in)
Draft2.97 m (9 ft 9 in)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range3,200 nmi (5,900 km; 3,700 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement149
Armament
  • 4 × 120 mm (4.7 in) guns (4×1)
  • 1 × 75 mm (3 in) AA gun
  • 4 × 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns
  • 4 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) guns
  • 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (2×3)
Aircraft carried1 × Fokker C.VII-W floatplane
Aviation facilitiescrane

HNLMS Evertsen (Dutch: Hr.Ms. Evertsen) was a Admiralen-class destroyer of the Royal Netherlands Navy. She was destroyed by ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy on 1 March 1942, during the Battle of Sunda Strait.

  1. ^ Gardiner and Chesneau 1980, p. 389.