HNLMS Jacob van Heemskerck (1939)
_(2158_003191).jpg) Jacob van Heemskerck in 1950
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| Name | Jacob van Heemskerck |
| Namesake | Jacob van Heemskerk |
| Builder | Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Mij., Amsterdam; completed in British yard |
| Laid down | 31 October 1938 |
| Launched | 16 September 1939 |
| Completed | 10 May 1940 |
| Commissioned | 16 September 1939 |
| Decommissioned | 20 November 1969 |
| Stricken | 27 February 1970 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 23 June 1970 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Tromp-class light cruiser |
| Displacement | 4,150 full load |
| Length | 132 m (433 ft 1 in) |
| Beam | 12.4 m (40 ft 8 in) |
| Draught | 4.3 m (14 ft 1 in) |
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| Speed | 32.5 knots (37.4 mph; 60.2 km/h) |
| Complement | 393 or 420 |
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HNLMS Jacob van Heemskerck
Originally designated as a flotilla leader and a
Service history
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The ship was meant to commence trials on the day the Germans invaded, and to prevent her capture the Heemskerck was immediately pressed into service. Since she had no armament she left port for the United Kingdom with only a
Heemskerck returned alone to England and arrived at Portsmouth in July where her re-arming programme began. The
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She was removed from escort duty in January 1942 and sent to the Dutch East Indies to reinforce the defence fleet assembled there. The ship arrived too late to take part in the battle of the Java Sea and was reassigned to the Eastern Fleet in 1942. In September 1942 the ship took part in operations 'Stream' and 'Jane', both aimed at the retaking of Madagascar. On 25 October Heemskerck arrived at Fremantle, Australia, and came under the command of Allied Naval Forces Western Australia, where she performed convoy duties.
On 28 November 1942, Heemskerck, in the company of the Australian cruiser HMAS Adelaide, identified and damaged the German supply vessel and blockade runner Ramses, which was subsequently scuttled by her own crew in the Indian Ocean.
On 1 December 1943, the ship returned to the Eastern Fleet and on 27 December, she set sail for the Mediterranean Sea where she, again, performed convoy duties till she was recalled to England for maintenance in June 1944.
On 26 July 1945 Jacob van Heemskerck arrived at Amsterdam, the first Dutch warship to do so after
Post-war
From 12 March 1951 she served as a barracks ship for naval trainees in
Notes
Footnotes
- ^ "HNLMS" stands for "Her Netherlands Majesty's Ship" but the Royal Netherlands Navy uses "Hr. Ms." (Dutch: Harer Majesteits, English: Her Majesty's ) instead of the international HNLMS; That is only the HM.[1]
Citations
- ^ "List of Acronyms Preceding the Name of a Ship". www.pilotesbsl.qc.ca. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
References
- Bevan, E. Denys; Caruana, Joseph; Duerkop, J.; Morton, A.; Spek, John D.; van Munching, L. L.; Voss, Maurice (1989). "Question 15/88". Warship International. XXVI (3): 305–307. ISSN 0043-0374.
- Grobmeier, Alvin H.; Stroh, Stan; Visser, H. & Wetherhorn, Aryeh (2001). "Question 14/00: Characteristics of Dutch Tromp Class Cruisers". Warship International. XXXVIII (2). International Naval Research Organization: 136–141. ISSN 0043-0374.
- Mark, Chris (1997). Schepen van de Koninklijke Marine in W.O. II [Ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy in World War II] (in Dutch). De Alk. ISBN 9-78-906-0135-22-8.
- van Willingenburg, Henk (2010). Dutch Warships of World War II. The Netherlands: Lanasta. ISBN 9-78-908-6160-81-5.