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Tromp

HNLMS Tromp

Survived

Royal Netherlands Navy

TypeLight cruiser
WarSecond World War
Main guns6 × 150 mm (5.9 in) guns (3×2)

Flotilla leader, badly hit at Badung Strait and sent to Australia for repairs, which saved her.

Kruiser Hr.Ms. Tromp tijdens snelheidsmetingen. Photo: Fotoafdrukken Koninklijke Marine, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 6 × 150 mm (5.9 in) guns (3×2)
  • 4 × 75 mm
  • 8 × 40 mm (4×2)
  • 2 × 20 mm
  • 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (2×3)

Armour

  • Deck: 1.5–2.5 in (38–64 mm)
  • Belt: 1.5 in (38 mm)
BuilderNederlandsche Scheepsbouw Mij., Amsterdam
Laid down17 January 1936
Launched24 May 1937
Commissioned18 August 1938
Displacement3,400 long tons (3,455 t) standard
Length132 m (433 ft 1 in)
Speed33 knots (38 mph; 61 km/h)
Complement295–380

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

Career

Launched

24 May 1937

19–20 February 1942

Fate

Survived

Scrapped 1969