HNLMS Van Speijk (K3)

HNLMS Van Speijk (K3, later F805) was a K-class sloop, designed in the late 1930s to replace the aging Brinio-class gunboats of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Incomplete at the start of the German invasion of the Netherlands and not yet launched, K3 was found undamaged by the German forces. The Kriegsmarine ordered her completion, then commissioned her for service in Norwegian and German home waters.

For other ships with the same name, see HNLMS Van Speijk and HNLMS K 3.
Hr.Ms. Van Speijk (K3/F805), source: Royal Netherlands Navy
Hr.Ms. Van Speijk (K3/F805)
History
Netherlands
NameHNLMS Van Speijk
BuilderP. Smit Jr., Rotterdam
Laid down1939
Launched22 March 1941
FateSold for scrap, 29 August 1960
General characteristics
Class and typeK-class sloop
Displacement
  • 1,200 long tons (1,219 t) standard
  • 1,420 long tons (1,443 t) full load
Length77.9 m (255 ft 7 in)
Beam10.3 m (33 ft 10 in)
Draft3.4 m (11 ft 2 in)
Installed power3,500 ihp (2,600 kW)
Propulsion2 × screws
Speed18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement161-184
Armament
  • 4 × 12 cm (4.7 in) (2 × 2)
  • 4 × 3.7 cm (1.5 in) (2 × 2)
  • 12 × 2 cm (0.79 in) (2×4 and 2×2)
Armour
  • Deck: 2–3.5 cm (0.79–1.38 in)
  • Belt: 3.7–6 cm (1.5–2.4 in)
  • Turrets: 6 centimetres (2.4 in)

After the war she was repaired at the Rijkswerf at Amsterdam, then entered Dutch service as the frigate Van Speijk (F805). She mainly served in the Dutch West Indies until she was scrapped in 1960.

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