The class was originally planned to consist of 12 ships, but because of the German occupation of the Netherlands in the Second World War, three of the four ships that were still under construction were never completed.
The ships could also be used as minelayers. The construction of the ships took place in two different shipyards, four by Gusto, Schiedam and five by P. Smit, Rotterdam.
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amstel, class, minesweeper, this, article, includes, list, references, related, reading, external, links, sources, remain, unclear, because, lacks, inline, citations, please, help, improve, this, article, introducing, more, precise, citations, february, 2013, . This article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations February 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Jan van Amstel class was a class of nine minesweepers of the Royal Netherlands Navy built to serve in the Dutch East Indies and Dutch territorial waters in Europe HNLMS Jan van Amstel underwayClass overviewNameJan van Amstel classBuildersGusto Schiedam P Smit RotterdamOperators Royal Netherlands Navy Kriegsmarine Royal Navy Royal Australian NavyBuilt1936 1940In service1937 1961Planned12Completed9Lost5Preserved1General characteristicsTypeMinesweeperDisplacement460 long tons 467 t Length56 8 m 186 ft 4 in Beam7 8 m 25 ft 7 in Draft2 2 m 7 ft 3 in Propulsion2 Yarrow 3 drum boilers 2 Stork triple expansion engines 1 600 ihp 1 193 kW 2 shafts 110 tons fuel oilSpeed15 knots 28 km h 17 mph Complement45Armament1 3 in 76 mm gun 2 twin 0 50 inch Vickers machine guns 40 sea minesThe class was originally planned to consist of 12 ships but because of the German occupation of the Netherlands in the Second World War three of the four ships that were still under construction were never completed The ships could also be used as minelayers The construction of the ships took place in two different shipyards four by Gusto Schiedam and five by P Smit Rotterdam Ships in class EditJan van Amstel Commissioned 1937 Sunk 8 March 1942 Pieter de Bitter Commissioned 1937 Scuttled 6 March 1942 Abraham Crijnssen Commissioned 1937 Royal Australian Navy 26 August 1942 5 May 1943 Decommissioned 1961 Museum ship July 1997 Eland Dubois Commissioned 1937 Scuttled 8 March 1942 Willem van Ewijck Commissioned 1937 Sunk 8 September 1939 Pieter Florisz Commissioned 1937 Scuttled 14 May 1940 Kriegsmarine 1940 1945 Recommissioned 1946 Struck 1961 Sold for scrap Jan van Gelder Commissioned 1937 Royal Navy 26 March 1943 1946 Struck 1961 Scrapped Abraham van der Hulst 1937 Commissioned 1937 Scuttled 14 May 1940 Kriegsmarine 1940 1944 Destroyed 20 August 1944 Abraham van der Hulst 1946 Captured before commissioning Kriegsmarine 1940 1945 Commissioned 1946 Struck 1961 Scrapped See also EditList of minesweepers of the Royal Netherlands NavySources EditNetherlandsnavy nl Jan van Amstel class in English U boat net nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jan van Amstel class minesweepers Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jan van Amstel class minesweeper amp oldid 1069857122, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
