HNLMS Gelderland (D811)

Gelderland in 1959
History
Netherlands
NameGelderland
NamesakeGelderland
Ordered2 January 1948
BuilderWilton-Fijenoord
Laid down10 March 1951
Launched19 September 1953
Commissioned17 August 1955
Decommissioned1973
FateSold for scrap 1988
General characteristics [1]
TypeHolland-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 2,150 long tons (2,185 t) standard
  • 2,600 long tons (2,642 t) full load
Length113.1 m (371 ft 1 in)
Beam11.4 m (37 ft 5 in)
Draught5.1 m (16 ft 9 in)
Propulsion2 shaft geared turbines, 2 boilers, 45,000 hp (33,556 kW)
Speed32 knots (37 mph; 59 km/h)
Range4,000 nmi (7,400 km) at 18 kn (33 km/h)
Complement247
Armament

HNLMS Gelderland (D811) (Dutch: Hr. Ms. Gelderland) was a destroyer of the Holland class. The ship was in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy from 1955 to 1973. The destroyer was named after the Dutch province of Gelderland and was the twenty-first ship with this name. In 1973 the ship was taken out of service, after which it was given a berth in Amsterdam for the Technical Training Royal Navy (TOKM) school. During her service the ship's radio call sign was "PARY".[2][3] The ship was sold for scrapping in 1988.

  1. ^ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995
  2. ^ "Gelderland (D811)". www.navyinside.nl. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  3. ^ Jordan 2016, p. 185.