HNLMS Abraham van der Hulst (1937)

History
Abraham van der Hulst in 1939
Netherlands
Name	Abraham van der Hulst
Namesake	Abraham van der Hulst
Builder	Gusto, Schiedam
Laid down	13 November 1936^[1]
Launched	31 May 1937^[1]^[2]
Commissioned	11 October 1937^[1]
Fate	Scuttled, 14 May 1940^[2]
Germany
Name	M 552
Commissioned	1940
Decommissioned	April 1944
Fate	Destroyed in an air raid, 30 August 1944
General characteristics
Class and type	Jan van Amstel-class minesweeper
Displacement	450 long tons (457 t) standard 585 long tons (594 t)
Length	56.7 m (186 ft 0 in) oa 55.80 m (183 ft 1 in) pp
Beam	7.8 m (25 ft 7 in)
Draft	2.2 m (7 ft 3 in)
Installed power	2 × Yarrow boilers 1,600 kW )
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 × triple expansion engines
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	45
Armament	1 × single 3 in (76 mm) gun 2 × twin .50-calibre machine guns

HNLMS Abraham van der Hulst was a

Stettin. There, the ship was bombed and burned out 20 August 1944. The wreck was captured by the Soviets. One source says she was returned to the Netherlands post war.^[3]

Description

The Jan van Amstel-class ships were 55.8 metres (183 ft 1 in) long, with a

kW) which gave the ships a speed of 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). They carried up to 110 long tons (110 t) of fuel oil and had a complement of 45 officers and ratings.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Jan van Amstel-class". Netherlandsnavy.net. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
^ ^a ^b Lenton 1975, p. 355.
^ "Jan van Amstel-class". netherlandsnavy.nl. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
^ Roberts, p. 394; van Willigenburg, p. 106

Bibliography

Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991). U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels. German Warships 1815–1945. Vol. 2. Translated by Thomas, Keith; Magowan, Rachel. London: Conway Maritime Press.
ISBN 0-85177-593-4
.

Lenton, H.T. German Warships of the Second World War. London: Macdonald and Jane's, 1975.
ISBN 0-356-04661-3
.

Roberts, John (1980). "The Netherlands". In Chesneau, Roger (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 385–396.
ISBN 0-85177-146-7
.

van Willigenburg, Henk (2010). Dutch Warships of World War II. Emmen: Lanasta.
ISBN 978-90-8616-318-2
.

External links

Media related to H Hr.Ms. Abraham van der Hulst (ship, 1937) at Wikimedia Commons

"German Minesweepers Netherlandish". warshipsww2.eu. Archived from the original on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

v t e Jan van Amstel-class minesweepers
Royal Netherlands Navy	Jan van Amstel Pieter de Bitter Abraham Crijnssen Eland Dubois Willem van Ewijck Pieter Florisz Jan van Gelder Abraham van der Hulst Willem van Ewijck / Abraham van der Hulst
Kriegsmarine	M 551 (ex-Pieter Florisz) M 552 (ex-Abraham van der Hulst) M 553 (ex-Willem van Ewijck / Abraham van der Hulst)
Royal Navy	Jan van Gelder (ex-Jan van Gelder)
Royal Australian Navy	Abraham Crijnssen (ex-Abraham Crijnssen)

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in May 1940
Shipwrecks	1 May: Arlington, Dronning Maud, Uller 3 May: HMS Afridi, Bison 4 May: ORP Grom 5 May: Maianbar 8 May: Doris 10 May: Nordnorge, Goslar 11 May: Antilla 12 May: HMCS Gate Vessel 1 14 May: HNLMS Abraham van der Hulst, Batterijschip Ijmuiden, HNLMS Gerard Callenburgh, HNLMS Johan Maurits van Nassau, Jan Pieterszoon Coen, HNLMS O 8, HNLMS O 11, HNLMS O 12, HNLMS O 25, HNLMS O 26, HNLMS O 27, HNLMS Pieter Florisz 15 May: HMS Valentine 16 May: Chrobry 17 May: HNLMS Noordbrabant 18 May: HMS Effingham, Sirius 19 May: Belgica, HMS Whitley 21 May: L'Adroit 23 May: Jaguar, Orage 24 May: Chacal, HMS Wessex 25 May: ORP Orzeł 26 May: HMS Curlew 27 May: Cap Tafelneh 28 May: Abukir 29 May: HMS Grafton, HMS Grenade, Lorina, Mona's Queen, HMS Wakeful 30 May: Fenella, Bourrasque, HMS King Orry, Normannia 31 May: Siroco, U-13 Unkmnow date: Munich
Other incidents	5 May: HMS Seal 8 May: USS Tutuila 11 May: Amazone, HMS Shark, Statendam 12 May: HMS Revenge 14 May: Chrobry 17 May: Circé, Sibylle 20 May: Antiope, Sibylle 29 May: HMS Bideford, HMS Montrose Unknown date: Achille
1939 1940 1941 April 1940 June 1940

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in April 1944
Shipwrecks	2 Apr: U-360 3 Apr: U-288 4 Apr: I-169 6 Apr: U-302, U-455 7 Apr: I-2, U-856 8 Apr: U-2, U-962 9 Apr: U-515 10 Apr: USS SC-497, U-68 11 Apr: Akigumo, U-108 12 Apr: I-174 13 Apr: Ikazuchi 14 Apr: Fort Stikine, U-448 15 Apr: No. 7 16 Apr: U-550 17 Apr: U-342, U-986 18 Apr: USS Gudgeon, Pan-Pennsylvania 19 Apr: U-974 20 Apr: USS Lansdale, Paul Hamilton, Voorbode 21 Apr: M 553 22 Apr: U-311 23 Apr: Amagiri 26 Apr: Yoshida Maru No. 1 27 Apr: U-803, Yūbari 28 Apr: USS LST-507 29 Apr: USS PT-346, Sirène, U-421 30 Apr: Ro-45 Unknown date: U-193, U-355
Other incidents	2 Apr: I-46, Ro-46 10 Apr: USS Holder 11 Apr: USS Cero 13 Apr: USS Bashaw 14 Apr: Bombay explosion, HMHS Chantilly 16 Apr: Pan-Pennsylvania 20 Apr: Bergen explosion 24 Apr: LST-407 27 Apr: USS Etamin 29 Apr: USS Seahorse
1943 1944 1945 March 1944 May 1944

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in August 1944
Shipwrecks	2 Aug: USS Fiske 3 Aug: HMS Quorn 4 Aug: Tannenfels, Matsu 5 Aug: Mefküre, U-671 6 Aug: Empire City, Sachsenwald, Thétis, U-471, U-736, U-952, U-969, V 215 Oliva 7 Aug: Amsterdam, Empire Day, Nagara 8 Aug: Conte Verde, HMCS Regina, Tama Maru No. 6, V 404 Falke 9 Aug: Spichern 10 Aug: U-608 11 Aug: V 623 Jupiter, U-385, U-967 12 Aug: T-114, T-118, U-198, U-981, V 410 Germania 13 Aug: USS Flier, U-270, V 1101 Preußsen 14 Aug: V 605 Arthur Duncker, Gueydon, U-618 15 Aug: U-741 16 Aug: Trémintin 18 Aug: La Galissonnière, Natori, Strasbourg, Taiyō, Teia Maru, U-107, U-129, U-621, V 406 Hans Loh 19 Aug: Commandant Teste, Hayasui, Tamatsu Maru, U-123, U-466, V-6112 Friese 20 Aug: Richard Montgomery, U-9, U-413, U-984, U-1229. V 409 August Bösch 21 Aug: HMCS Alberni, HMS Kite, HMS Orchis, U-230, V 402 Dr. Adolf Spilker, Z23 22 Aug: HMS Bickerton, HMS Loyalty, Matsuwa, Tsushima Maru, U-344, V 401 Jan Mayen, V 405 J. Hinrich Wilhelms, V 413 Ferdinand Niedermeyer 23 Aug: Asakaze, U-180 24 Aug: USS Harder, NMS Mihail Kogălniceanu, U-354, U-445, Z37 25 Aug: Sperrbrecher 136, U-18, U-24, U-178, U-667, UIT-21, Yūnagi, Z24 26 Aug: Samidare, U-188, V 404 Baden, V 411 Saarland 27 Aug: HMS Britomart, Clemenceau, HMS Hussar 28 Aug: John Barry, V 407 Dorum 30 Aug: De Grasse, M553 31 Aug: Shirataka Unknown date: Condorcet, Kulmerland, Marechal Petain, U-925
Other incidents	4 Aug: Maycrest 15 Aug: LST-404 16 Aug: USS S-38 18 Aug: U-1054 20 Aug: Daronia 22 Aug: HMS Nabob 27 Aug: USS Pollack 31 Aug: U-1000
1943 1944 1945 July 1944 September 1944

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