HNLMS Groningen (D813)
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HNLMS Groningen (D813) (Dutch: Hr.Ms. Groningen) was a destroyer of the Friesland class. The ship was in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy from 1956 to 1981. The destroyer was named after the Dutch province of Groningen and was the eleventh ship with this name. In 1981 the ship was taken out of service and sold to Peru where it was renamed Gálvez. The ship's radio call sign was "PACX".[1]
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Groningen in 1961 | |
History | |
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Netherlands | |
Name | Groningen |
Namesake | Groningen |
Builder | NDSM, Amsterdam |
Laid down | 21 February 1952 |
Launched | 9 January 1954 |
Commissioned | 12 September 1956 |
Decommissioned | 20 January 1981 |
Fate | Sold to the Peruvian Navy |
Peru | |
Name | Gálvez |
Acquired | 1981 |
Decommissioned | 1991 |
Identification | DD78 |
Status | decommissioned |
General characteristics | |
Type | Friesland-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2497 standard, 3070 tons full load |
Length | 116 m (381 ft) |
Beam | 11.7 m (38 ft) |
Draught | 5.2 m (17 ft) |
Propulsion | 2 shaft geared turbines, 4 BW boilers, Super-heated steam @ 620psi, 60,000 hp |
Speed | 36 kn (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
Range | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Complement | 284 |
Sensors and processing systems | Radar LW-02, DA-01, ZW-01, M45, Sonar Type PAE 1N, Type CWE 10 |
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