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Wolf-class destroyer

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|Ship caption= HNLMS Wolf in Vlissingen {{circa}} 1912

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{{Infobox ship class overview

|Name=Wolf-class destroyer

|Builders=*Koninklijke Maatschappij de Schelde, Flushing (6)

  • Feijenoord, Schiedam (2)

|Operators= {{naval|Netherlands}}

|Class before=

|Class after={{sclass2|Admiralen|destroyer|4}}

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|Cost=

|Built range=1910–1913

|In commission range= 1911–1928

|Total ships planned=

|Total ships completed=8

|Total ships cancelled=

|Total ships retired=8

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|Ship type=Destroyer

|Ship displacement={{cvt|510|t|LT|lk=on}}

|Ship length={{cvt|70.5|m|ftin}} o.a.

|Ship beam={{cvt|6.6|m|ftin}}

|Ship height=

|Ship draught={{cvt|2.8|m|ftin}}

|Ship power=*4 × Yarrow type boilers

  • {{cvt|8500|hp|lk=on}}

|Ship propulsion=*2 × Krupp-Germania steam turbines

  • 2 × shafts

|Ship speed={{convert|30|kn|lk=in}}

|Ship range=* {{cvt|2360|nmi|lk=in}} at {{cvt|8|kn}}

  • {{cvt|670|nmi}} at {{cvt|20|kn}}

|Ship endurance=

|Ship complement=83

|Ship sensors=

|Ship EW=

|Ship armament=* 4 × single 75 mm/52 SA No. 1-calibre guns

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The Wolf- or Fret-class destroyers, also known as the Roofdier class, lit. "predator",From {{Langx|nl|roof}}, "robbery" and {{lang|da|dier}}, "animal". See the Wiktionary article for more information. were a class of eight destroyers that were built between 1910 and 1913 for the Royal Netherlands Navy to serve in the Dutch East Indies. They were the first Dutch destroyers built after a British design. The first six ships were built by Koninklijke Schelde Groep De Schelde shipyards in Vlissingen, and the last two by Fijenoord in Rotterdam. The ships were replaced at the end of the 1920s by the {{sclass2|Admiralen|destroyer|4}}.{{sfn|Gardiner|1985}}

Design

The ships displaced {{convert|510|t|LT|0|lk=on}} and measured {{convert|70.4|m|ftin}} in length overall, {{cvt|6.6|m|ftin}} in breadth, with a {{cvt|2|m|ftin}} draught. They were powered by four Yarrow boilers installed creating steam that produced {{convert|8500|hp|lk=on}}. They had two Krupp-Germania steam turbines that drove two shafts. The first four ships, {{HNLMS|Wolf||2}}, {{HNLMS|Fret||2}}, {{HNLMS|Bulhond||2}}, and {{HNLMS|Jakhals||2}}, each carried {{cvt|120|t}} of coal, the last four, {{HNLMS|Lynx||2}}, {{HNLMS|Hermelijin||2}}, {{HNLMS|Vos||2}}, and {{HNLMS|Panter|1913|2}}, carried an additional {{cvt|12.5|t}} of fuel oil in addition to the 120 t of coal. This gave the last four ships an additional {{convert|340|nmi|lk=in}} of endurance.

The ships were armed with four 75 mm/52 SA No. 1-calibre guns, four {{cvt|7.92|mm|2}}/80-calibre machine guns, and two {{cvt|450|mm|0}} torpedo tubes.

Ships

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! width="90" |Launched

! width="90" |Completed

! width="90" |Builder

! width="60" |Fate

{{HNLMS|Wolf2}}

| 1909

| 17 September 1910

| 1911

| Koninklijke Maatschappij de Schelde, Flushing

| Stricken 1924

{{HNLMS|Fret2}}

| 1909

| 15 October 1910

| 1911

| Koninklijke Maatschappij de Schelde, Flushing

| Stricken 1922

{{HNLMS|Bulhond2}}

| 1910

| 20 December 1911

| August 1912

| Koninklijke Maatschappij de Schelde, Flushing

| Stricken 1927

{{HNLMS|Jakhals2}}

| 1910

| 20 January 1912

| July 1912

| Koninklijke Maatschappij de Schelde, Flushing

| Stricken 1928

{{HNLMS|Hermelijn2}}

| 1911

| 22 February 1913

| July 1913

| Koninklijke Maatschappij de Schelde, Flushing

| Stricken 1925

{{HNLMS|Lynx2}}

| 1911

| 24 December 1912

| July 1913

| Koninklijke Maatschappij de Schelde, Flushing

| Stricken 1928

{{HNLMS|Vos2}}

| 1912

| 28 June 1913

| February 1914

| Feijenoord, Schiedam

| Stricken 1928

{{HNLMS|Panter|1913|2}}

| 1912

| 9 September 1913

| March 1914

| Feijenoord, Schiedam

| Stricken 1934

They are named after mammals of the order Carnivora (Roofdieren is a synonym for carnivore in Dutch). Their names in English, in the sequence listed, mean: wolf, ferret, bulldog, jackal, ermine, lynx, fox and panther.

Notes

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Citations

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References

  • {{cite book

|title= Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906-1921

|editor-last= Gardiner

|editor-first= Robert

|publisher= Naval Institute Press

|year= 1985

|isbn= 9780870219078

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{{Wolf-class destroyer|state=expanded}}

{{1890-1920DutchShips}}

Category:Destroyers of the Royal Netherlands Navy

Category:Destroyer classes