Beemster-class minesweeper
Class overview | |
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Name | Beemster class |
Operators | ![]() |
Built | 1951-1954 |
In commission | 1953-1976 |
Planned | 14 |
Completed | 14 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | Minesweeper |
Displacement | 384 t (378 long tons) |
Length | 43.94 m (144 ft 2 in) |
Beam | 8.5 m (27 ft 11 in) |
Draft | 2.28 metres (7 ft 6 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 13.6 knots (25.2 km/h; 15.7 mph) |
Crew | 37 |
Armament | 1 x double 20 mm machine guns |
The Beemster-class was a class of fourteen minesweepers that were built at different shipyards in the United States for the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNN).[3] The minesweepers were based on the AMS-60 design and paid for by the United States under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program (MDAP).[4] The minesweepers served in the RNN between 1953 and 1976.[5][6]
Design and construction
[edit]The fourteen Beemster-class minesweepers were ordered in 1951 in the United States.[7] They were based on the AMS-60 design.[4] The first ships were taken into service of the Royal Netherlands Navy in 1953 and the last in 1954.[5]
As built the ships were equipped with a W Mk 3 mod 1 mechanical sweep and either a A X Mk 6B or A X Mk 4V acoustic sweeper.[2] Furthermore, it had a double machine gun of 20 mm.[1] Later, in the 1960s and 1970s, the ships got equipped with a MB 5 magnetic sweeper.[2]
Ships in class
[edit]The ships were named after the smaller Dutch municipalities that started with the letter B.[2]
Ship | Pennant No. | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned |
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Beemster | M845 | 30 November 1951 | 24 September 1952 | 17 July 1953 | 14 August 1974 |
Bolsward | M846 | 8 October 1951 | 5 November 1952 | 5 November 1953 | 18 September 1972 |
Bedum | M847 | 14 December 1951 | 29 October 1952 | 28 August 1953 | 1 July 1976 |
Beilen | M848 | 29 October 1951 | 14 February 1953 | 26 April 1954 | 13 August 1975 |
Borculo | M849 | 29 December 1951 | 26 November 1952 | 20 October 1953 | 14 August 1974 |
Borne | M850 | 29 January 1952 | 7 January 1953 | 3 December 1953 | 13 August 1975 |
Brummen | M851 | 29 February 1952 | 31 December 1952 | 23 February 1954 | 14 August 1976 |
Breukelen | M852 | 29 February 1952 | 12 March 1953 | 15 February 1954 | 18 September 1972 |
Blaricum | M853 | 29 September 1952 | 31 October 1953 | 26 May 1954 | 1 July 1976 |
Brielle | M854 | 11 December 1952 | 17 October 1953 | 29 December 1954 | 13 August 1975 |
Breskens | M855 | 29 April 1952 | 11 April 1953 | 21 April 1954 | 1 July 1976 |
Bruinisse | M856 | 29 February 1952 | 31 December 1952 | 21 January 1954 | 18 September 1972 |
Boxtel | M857 | 1 May 1952 | 12 September 1953 | 28 July 1954 | 1 July 1976 |
Brouwershaven | M858 | 7 May 1952 | 19 April 1954 | 3 November 1954 | 2 July 1973 |
Notes
[edit]Citations
[edit]References
[edit]- Schoonoord, D.C.L. (2012). Pugno pro patria: de Koninklijke Marine tijdens de Koude Oorlog (in Dutch). Franeker: Van Wijnen. ISBN 978-90-5194-455-6.
- van Amstel, W.H.E. (1991). De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine vanaf 1945 (in Dutch). Alkmaar: De Alk. ISBN 90-6013-997-6.
- Raven, G.J.A., ed. (1988). De kroon op het anker: 175 jaar Koninklijke Marine (in Dutch). Amsterdam: De Bataafsche Leeuw. ISBN 90-6707-200-1.
- Roetering, B., ed. (1997). Mijnendienst 1907-1997 90 jaar: feiten, verhalen en anekdotes uit het negentigjarig bestaan van de Mijnendienst van de Koninklijke Marine (in Dutch). ISBN 90-90-10528-X.