HNLMS Witte de With (1928)

	HNLMS Witte de With
History
Netherlands
Name	Witte de With
Namesake	Witte Corneliszoon de With
Builder	Fijenoord
Laid down	28 May 1927
Launched	11 September 1928
Commissioned	20 February 1930
Fate	Scuttled, 2 March 1942
General characteristics
Class and type	Admiralen-class destroyer
Displacement	1,316 long tons (1,337 t) standard; 1,640 long tons (1,666 t) full load;
Length	98 m (321 ft 6 in)
Beam	9.53 m (31 ft 3 in)
Draft	2.97 m (9 ft 9 in)
Installed power	3 × Yarrow type boilers; 31,000 hp (23 MW);
Propulsion	2 × Parsons geared turbines; 2 × shafts;
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	3,200 nmi (5,900 km; 3,700 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	149
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 carried	1 × Fokker C.VII-W floatplane
Aviation facilities	crane

HNLMS Witte de With (Dutch: Hr.Ms. Witte de With) was an Admiralen-class destroyer, named after the 17th-century Dutch admiral of the same name. She served during World War II.

Service history

The ship was laid down on 28 May 1927, at the shipyard of Feijenoord, in Rotterdam, and launched on 11 September 1928. The ship was commissioned on 20 February 1930.^[1]

On 16 November 1935, Witte de With, her sister Van Galen, and the cruiser Sumatra, made a visit to Saigon.^[2]

On 23 August 1936, Sumatra, her sister Java, and the destroyers Van Galen, Witte de With, and Piet Hein, where present at the fleet days held at Soerabaja. Later that year on 13 November, both Java-class cruisers and the destroyers Evertsen, Witte de With, and Piet Hein, made a fleet visit to Singapore. Before the visit they had practiced in the South China Sea.^[3]

World War II

The ship took part in the Battle of the Java Sea on 27 February 1942. HMS Exeter was damaged in the battle and escorted back to Soerabaja by Witte de With. A few days later Witte de With was attacked and damaged by Japanese planes on 1 March 1942. The next day she was scuttled.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "netherlandsnavy.nl". Retrieved 2013-10-12.
^ "scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 1935". Retrieved 2013-10-12.
^ "scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 1936". Retrieved 2013-10-12.

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History
HNLMS Witte de With
Netherlands
Name	Witte de With
Namesake	Witte Corneliszoon de With
Builder	Fijenoord
Laid down	28 May 1927
Launched	11 September 1928
Commissioned	20 February 1930
Fate	Scuttled, 2 March 1942
General characteristics
Class and type	Admiralen-class destroyer
Displacement	1,316 long tons (1,337 t) standard 1,640 long tons (1,666 t) full load
Length	98 m (321 ft 6 in)
Beam	9.53 m (31 ft 3 in)
Draft	2.97 m (9 ft 9 in)
Installed power	3 × Yarrow type boilers 31,000 hp (23 MW)
Propulsion	2 × Parsons geared turbines 2 × shafts
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	3,200 nmi (5,900 km; 3,700 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	149
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 carried	1 × Fokker C.VII-W floatplane
Aviation facilities	crane