HNLMS Van Ghent

Wrecked

Type	Destroyer
Class	Admiralen
War	Second World War
Main guns	4 × 4.7″ guns

Service

to 1928	De Ruyter	Netherlands
from 1928	Van Ghent Renamed	Netherlands

Launched as De Ruyter and renamed in 1928 to free the name for the new cruiser. With Doorman's strike force at Makassar Strait. Ran onto a reef in the Stolze Strait off Bangka on 15 February 1942 while sailing to attack the Japanese landings at Palembang, and was wrecked and set on fire by Banckert.

Torpedobootjager Hr.Ms. De Ruyter (in 1933 herdoopt Hr.Ms. Van Ghent) (1928-1942) aan de afbouw kade van Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde te Vlissingen. Photo: Fotoafdrukken Koninklijke Marine, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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 × .50 calibre machine guns
6 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2×3)
24 × mines

Builder	Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde
Laid down	28 August 1925
Launched	23 October 1926
Commissioned	31 May 1928
Displacement	1,310 long tons (1,331 t) standard
Length	98.15 m (322.0 ft) oa 93.57 m (307.0 ft) lbp
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Complement	129

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

Career

Launched as HNLMS De Ruyter

23 October 1926

Renamed HNLMS Van Ghent

1928 · Renamed

Battle of Makassar Strait

Survived

4 February 1942

Fate

Wrecked

Scuttled 15 February 1942