Friesland Class Destroyers Class Overview

Dimensions, machinery and performance
Length:
380' 5"

Engines:

2 General Electric geared steam turbines
Beam:
38' 6"
Boilers:
4 Babcock & Wilcox
Draft:
17'
Shafts:
2
Displacement
HP:
60,000
Standard:
2,496
Full:
3,100
Speed:
36 knots
Crew:
284
Range:
4,000 NM @ 15 knots
3,300 NM @ 22 knots
920 NM @ 36 knots


Armament as built
Guns
Number
Type
Arrangement
2
4.7"/50 (120mm) Bofors DP
Single turret
6 (a)
40mm Bofors AA
Single mounts
ASW
Number
Type
Launch platform
8
375mm mortars
2 four cell Type 71 launchers (98 rounds)
1
Depth charge rack
8 depth charges
Notes
(a):
2 removed in 1965.


Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Friesland D-812
Nederlandsche Dok en Scheepsbouw
Maatschappij
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Feb. 21, 1953
Mar. 22, 1956
Fate
Scrapped in Bilbao, Spain in 1979.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Groningen D-813
Nederlandsche Dok en Scheepsbouw
Maatschappij
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Jan. 9, 1954
Sept. 19, 1956
Fate
Sold to Peru Aug. 27, 1980, commissioned Feb. 2, 1981 as Galvez 78,
scrapped in 1991.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
NV Koninklijke Maatschappij
De Schelde
Vlissingen, The Netherlands

Sept. 5, 1955
Oct. 31, 1956
Fate
Transferred to Peru June 27, 1980 and renamed Quiñones 76, scrapped in 1991.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Overijssel D-815
Wilton-Fijenoord NV
Schiedam, The Netherlands

July 8, 1956
Oct. 4, 1957
Fate
Sold to Peru June 14, 1982 and renamed Colonel Bolognesi 70, scrapped in 1990.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Drenthe D-816
Nederlandsche Dok en Scheepsbouw
Maatschappij
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Mar. 26, 1955
Aug. 1, 1957
Fate
Sold to Peru July 11, 1981 and renamed Guise 72, stricken in Aug. 1985 and
later scrapped.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Utrecht D-817
NV Koninklijke Maatschappij
De Schelde
Vlissingen, The Netherlands

June 2, 1956
Oct. 1, 1957
Fate
Sold to Peru Oct. 6, 1980 and renamed Castilla 71, scrapped in 1990.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Rotterdam D-818
Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij NV
Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Jan 26, 1956
Feb. 28, 1957
Fate
Sold to Peru June 29, 1981 and renamed Diez Canseco 79, scrapped in 1991.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Amsterdam D-819
Nederlandsche Dok en Scheepsbouw
Maatschappij
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Aug. 25, 1956
Aug. 10, 1958
Fate
Sold to Peru May 23, 1980 and renamed Villar 77, scrapped in 1991.