HNLMS Van Ghent (1926)

HNLMS Van Ghent (Dutch: Hr.Ms. Van Ghent) (originally named De Ruyter) was an Admiralen-class destroyer built for the Royal Netherlands Navy in the 1920s. The destroyer served in the Netherlands East Indies but was wrecked after running aground in 1942.

For other ships with the same name, see HNLMS De Ruyter.
HNLMS De Ruyter in the late 1920s
History
NameVan Ghent
NamesakeWillem Joseph van Ghent
BuilderKoninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde
Laid down28 August 1925
Launched23 October 1926
Commissioned31 May 1928
RenamedVan Ghent, 1934
FateScuttled 15 February 1942
General characteristics
Class and typeAdmiralen-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 1,316 long tons (1,337 t) standard
  • 1,640 long tons (1,666 t) full load
Length98.15 m (322 ft 0 in)
Beam9.53 m (31 ft 3 in)
Draft2.97 m (9 ft 9 in)
Installed power
  • 3 × Yarrow type boilers
  • 31,000 hp (23 MW)
Propulsion
  • 2 × Parsons geared turbines
  • 2 × shafts
Speed36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range3,200 nmi (5,900 km; 3,700 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement149
Armament
  • 4 × 120 mm (4.7 in) guns (4×1)
  • 2 × 75 mm (3 in) AA guns
  • 4 × .5 in (13 mm) machine guns
  • 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (2×3)
Aircraft carried1 × Fokker C.VII-W floatplane
Aviation facilitiescrane
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