K-class sloop
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | K class |
| Builders | list error: <br /> list (help) P. Smit Jr, Rotterdam (2) Gusto N.V., Schiedam (1) |
| Operators | list error: <br /> list (help) Royal Netherlands Navy  Kriegsmarine |
| Planned | 7 |
| Completed | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | sloop |
| Displacement | list error: <br /> list (help) As designed: 1,267 tons 1470 tons (full load) As completed: 1,200 tons 1420 tons (full load) |
| Length | 77.9 metres (255 ft 7 in) |
| Beam | 10.3 metres (33 ft 10 in) |
| Draught | 3.4 metres (11 ft 2 in) |
| Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) As designed: 3,500 ihp (2,600 kW), two shafts As completed: 2,770 ihp (2,070 kW), two shafts (K1) 3,500 ihp (2,600 kW), two shafts (K2 and K3) |
| Speed | list error: <br /> list (help) As designed: 19 knots (35 km/h) As completed: 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h) (K1 and K2) 18 knots (33 km/h) (K3) |
| Complement | list error: <br /> list (help) As designed: 99 As completed: 161-184 |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) As designed: 4 × 12 cm (4.7 in) (2 × 2) 4 × 4 cm (1.6 in) (2 × 2) 4 × .50 MG As completed: 4 × 12 cm (4.7 in) (2 × 2) 4 × 3.7 cm (1.5 in) (2 × 2) 12 × 2 cm (0.79 in) (2x4 and 2x2) |
| Armour | list error: <br /> list (help) 2 centimetres (0.79 in) to 3.5 centimetres (1.4 in) deck 3.7 centimetres (1.5 in) to 6 centimetres (2.4 in) Belt 6 centimetres (2.4 in)Turrets |
The K class was a class of three sloops designed to replace the aging Gruno class gunboats of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Originally seven ships where planed of witch three ships where laid down and two more ordered (witch where cancelled after the German invasion). Still incomplete at the start of the German invasion of the Netherlands and not yet launched, the ships where found undamaged by the German forces and the Kriegsmarine ordered the completion of K1, K2 and K3. The ships saw service in Norway and the German home waters. After the war only K 3 entered Dutch service as Van Speyk.