HNLMS Willem van Ewijck (1937)
HNLMS Willem van Ewijck was a Jan van Amstel-class minesweeper of the Royal Netherlands Navy.
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| Name | HNLMS Willem van Ewijck |
| Builder | P. Smit, Rotterdam |
| Laid down | 1936 |
| Launched | 22 February 1937 |
| Commissioned | 19 July 1937 |
| Fate | Sunk, 8 September 1939 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Jan van Amstel-class minesweeper |
| Displacement | 460 long tons (467 t) |
| Length | 56.8 m (186 ft 4 in) |
| Beam | 7.8 m (25 ft 7 in) |
| Draft | 2.2 m (7 ft 3 in) |
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| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 45 |
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Service history
Willem van Ewijck was sunk on 8 September 1939 after hitting a mine off Terschelling. Thirty-three of the crew were killed.[1]
References
- Hr. MS. "WILLEM VAN EWIJCK", Retrieved 9 October 2018
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