HNLMS Van Speijk (K3)

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Hr.Ms. Van Speijk (K3/F805)
History
Netherlands
Name	HNLMS Van Speijk
Builder	P. Smit Jr., Rotterdam
Laid down	1939
Launched	22 March 1941
Fate	Sold for scrap, 29 August 1960
General characteristics
Class and type	K-class sloop
Displacement	1,200 long tons (1,219 t) standard 1,420 long tons (1,443 t) full load
Length	77.9 m (255 ft 7 in)
Beam	10.3 m (33 ft 10 in)
Draft	3.4 m (11 ft 2 in)
Installed power	3,500 ihp (2,600 kW)
Propulsion	2 × screws
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	161-184
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)

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.

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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