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Van Ghent

Class	Admiralen class
Type	Destroyer (DD)
Builder	De Schelde, Vlissingen
Launched	1926-10-23
Commissioned	1928-05-31
Fate	Sunk. 15 February 1942, after she ran aground. Scuttled. Not sunk by an enemy ship.
Armament (class)	Dutch destroyer. Four guns and two funnels.

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

Admiralen-class destroyer, ex-De Ruyter. She ran aground on 15 February 1942 and was scuttled. Not sunk by an enemy ship.

The pictures on this page are the originals.