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Piet Hein

HNLMS Piet Hein

Sunk

Royal Netherlands Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassAdmiralen
WarSecond World War
Main guns4 × 4.7 in (120 mm) guns (4×1)

Torpedoed by Asashio at Badung Strait.

Dutch Admiralen-class destroyer Piet Hein during a fullspeed trial in the Dutch Indies Photo: Dutch Navy personel, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 4 × 4.7 in (120 mm) guns (4×1)
  • 2 × 3 in (76 mm) AA guns (2×1)
  • 4 × 1.3 cm (.5 in) machine guns
  • 6 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2×3)
  • 24 × mines
BuilderBurgerhout, Rotterdam
Laid down26 August 1925
Launched2 April 1927
Commissioned25 January 1929
Displacement1,310 long tons (1,331 t) standard
Length98.15 m (322.0 ft) oa 93.57 m (307.0 ft) lbp
Speed36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Complement129

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

2 April 1927

Battle of Badung Strait
Sunk

19–20 February 1942