Dutch ship
Abraham van der Hulst after she had struck a mine on 8 October 1939
HNLMS Abraham van der Hulst was a Jan van Amstel -class minesweeper built for the Royal Netherlands Navy in the 1930s. The German invasion of the Netherlands resulted in the ship being scuttled at Enkhuizen on 14 May 1940, but was raised by the Germans and entered service as the minesweeper M 553 with Nazi Germany 's Kriegsmarine . The vessel was sunk by a mine off East Prussia on 21 April 1944. M 552 was raised on 20 July 1944 and towed to Stettin . There, the ship was bombed and burned out 20 August 1944. The wreck was captured by the Soviets . One source says she was returned to the Netherlands post war.[3]
Description
The Jan van Amstel -class ships were 55.8 metres (183 ft 1 in) long, with a beam of 7.8 metres (25 ft 7 in) and a draught of 2.2 metres (7 ft 3 in) at deep load . They displaced was 450 long tons (460 t ) at normal load, which increased to 585 long tons (594 t) at deep load. A pair of Yarrow boilers fed steam to two triple-expansion steam engines that each drove a single propeller shaft . The engines were rated at 1,690 indicated horsepower (1,260 kW ) which gave the ships a speed of 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). They carried up to 110 long tons (110 t) of fuel oil and had a complement of 45 officers and ratings .[4]
References
Bibliography
Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991). U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels . German Warships 1815–1945. Vol. 2. Translated by Thomas, Keith; Magowan, Rachel. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-593-4 .
Lenton, H.T. German Warships of the Second World War . London: Macdonald and Jane's, 1975. ISBN 0-356-04661-3.
Roberts, John (1980). "The Netherlands". In Chesneau, Roger (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946 . Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 385–396. ISBN 0-85177-146-7 .
van Willigenburg, Henk (2010). Dutch Warships of World War II . Emmen: Lanasta. ISBN 978-90-8616-318-2 .
External links
Media related to H Hr.Ms. Abraham van der Hulst (ship, 1937) at Wikimedia Commons
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3 May: HMS Afridi , Bison
4 May: ORP Grom
5 May: Maianbar
8 May: Doris
10 May: Nordnorge , Goslar
11 May: Antilla
12 May: HMCS Gate Vessel 1
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16 May: Chrobry
17 May: HNLMS Noordbrabant
18 May: HMS Effingham , Sirius
19 May: Belgica , HMS Whitley
21 May: L'Adroit
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24 May: Chacal , HMS Wessex
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26 May: HMS Curlew
27 May: Cap Tafelneh
28 May: Abukir
29 May: HMS Grafton , HMS Grenade , Lorina , Mona's Queen , HMS Wakeful
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31 May: Siroco , U-13
Unkmnow date: Munich
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3 Apr: U-288
4 Apr: I-169
6 Apr: U-302 , U-455
7 Apr: I-2 , U-856
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9 Apr: U-515
10 Apr: USS SC-497 , U-68
11 Apr: Akigumo , U-108
12 Apr: I-174
13 Apr: Ikazuchi
14 Apr: Fort Stikine , U-448
15 Apr: No. 7
16 Apr: U-550
17 Apr: U-342 , U-986
18 Apr: USS Gudgeon , Pan-Pennsylvania
19 Apr: U-974
20 Apr: USS Lansdale , Paul Hamilton , Voorbode
21 Apr: M 553
22 Apr: U-311
23 Apr: Amagiri
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27 Apr: U-803 , Yūbari
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3 Aug: HMS Quorn
4 Aug: Tannenfels , Matsu
5 Aug: Mefküre , U-671
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11 Aug: V 623 Jupiter , U-385 , U-967
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16 Aug: Trémintin
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31 Aug: Shirataka
Unknown date: Condorcet , Kulmerland , Marechal Petain , U-925
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