HNLMS_Pieter_de_Bitter_(1936)
HNLMS Pieter de Bitter was a Jan van Amstel-class minesweeper of the Royal Netherlands Navy that served in World War II.
Pieter de Bitter in late 1930s | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Netherlands | |
| Name | Pieter de Bitter |
| Namesake | Pieter de Bitter |
| Builder | P. Smit, Rotterdam |
| Laid down | 21 March 1936 |
| Launched | 29 October 1936 |
| Commissioned | 26 May 1937 |
| Fate | Scuttled, 6 March 1942 |
| 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) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 × triple expansion engines |
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 45 |
| Armament |
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The Jan van Amstel-class ships were 55.8 metres (183 ft 1 in) long, with a beam of 7.8 metres (25 ft 7 in) and a draught of 2.2 metres (7 ft 3 in) at deep load. They displaced was 450 long tons (460 t) at normal load, which increased to 585 long tons (594 t) at deep load. A pair of Yarrow boilers fed steam to two triple-expansion steam engines that each drove a single propeller shaft. The engines were rated at 1,690 indicated horsepower (1,260 kW) which gave the ships a speed of 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). They carried up to 110 long tons (110 t) of fuel oil and had a complement of 45 officers and ratings.[1]
- Roberts, p. 394; van Willigenburg, p. 106
- Roberts, John (1980). "The Netherlands". In Chesneau, Roger (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 385–396. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
- van Willigenburg, Henk (2010). Dutch Warships of World War II. Emmen: Lanasta. ISBN 978-90-8616-318-2.
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