HNLMS Piet Hein (1927)

HNLMS Piet Hein
History
Netherlands
NamePiet Hein
NamesakePiet Pieterszoon Hein
Laid down26 August 1925
Launched2 April 1927
Commissioned25 January 1929
FateSunk in the Battle of Badung Strait, 19 February 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 × 4.7 in (120 mm) guns (4×1)
  • 2 × 3 in (76 mm) AA guns (2×1)
  • 4 × .50 calibre machine guns
  • 6 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2×3)
  • 24 × mines
Aircraft carried1 × Fokker C.VII-W floatplane
Aviation facilitiescrane

HNLMS Piet Hein (Dutch: Hr.Ms. Piet Hein) was an Admiralen-class destroyer of the Royal Netherlands Navy, named after 17th century Dutch Admiral Piet Pieterszoon Hein.

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