HNLMS De Ruyter (1935)

	HNLMS De Ruyter
Class overview
Builders	Wilton-Fijenoord, Schiedam
Operators	Royal Netherlands Navy
Preceded by	Java class
Succeeded by	De Zeven Provinciën class
Planned	1
Completed	1
Lost	1
History
Netherlands
Name	De Ruyter
Laid down	16 September 1933
Launched	11 March 1935
Commissioned	3 October 1936
Fate	Sunk by torpedo in the Java Sea 28 February 1942. Later illegally salvaged.
General characteristics
Type	Light cruiser
Displacement	6,442 long tons (6,545 t) (standard); 7,548 long tons (7,669 t) (full);
Length	170.9 m (560 ft 8 in)
Beam	15.7 m (51 ft 6 in)
Draft	5.1 m (16 ft 9 in)
Installed power	66,000 shp (49,000 kW)
Propulsion	3 × Parsons geared steam turbines; 6 × Yarrow boilers; 2 × shafts;
Speed	32 kn (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range	6,800 nmi (12,600 km; 7,800 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	435 max
Armament	7 × 150 mm (5.9 in) guns (3x2; 1x1); 10 × 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns (5x2); 8 × 12.7 mm (0.5 in) Browning machine guns;
Armor	Belt: 5 cm (2.0 in); Deck: 3 cm (1.2 in); Turrets: 3 cm (1.2 in);
Aircraft carried	2 × Fokker C-11W floatplanes
Aviation facilities	1 × catapult
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HNLMS De Ruyter (Dutch: Hr.Ms. De Ruyter) was a light cruiser of the Royal Netherlands Navy. She was originally designed as a 5,000 long tons (5,080 t) ship with a lighter armament due to financial problems and the pacifist movement. Later in the design stage, an extra gun turret was added and the armor was improved. She was the seventh ship of the Dutch Navy to be named after Admiral Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter.

De Ruyter was laid down on 16 September 1933 at the Wilton-Fijenoord dockyard in Schiedam and commissioned on 3 October 1936, commanded by Captain A. C. van der Sande Lacoste. She was sunk in the Battle of the Java Sea in 1942.

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