HNLMS Holland (D808)
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HNLMS Holland (D808) (Dutch: Hr.Ms. Holland) was the lead ship of her class of four destroyers built for the Royal Netherlands Navy in the early 1950s. HNLMS Holland is named after a former province of the Kingdom of the Netherlands[2] and was the twentieth ship with this name. In 1978 the ship was taken out of service and sold to Peru where it was renamed Garcia y Garcia. The ship's radio call sign was "PAOP".[3]
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HNLMS Holland in 1962 | |
History | |
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Netherlands | |
Name | Holland |
Namesake | Holland |
Ordered | 2 January 1948 |
Builder | Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij |
Yard number | RDM-266 |
Laid down | 21 April 1950 |
Launched | 11 April 1953 |
Commissioned | 30 December 1954 |
Fate | Sold to Peruvian Navy in 1978 |
Peru | |
Name | Garcia y Garcia |
Acquired | 1978 |
Identification | DD75 |
Fate | Decommissioned 1986 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | Holland-class destroyer |
Displacement |
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Length | 113.1 m (371 ft 1 in) |
Beam | 11.4 m (37 ft 5 in) |
Draught | 5.1 m (16 ft 9 in) |
Propulsion | 2 shaft geared turbines, 2 boilers, 45,000 hp (33,556 kW) |
Speed | 32 knots (37 mph; 59 km/h) |
Range | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km) at 18 kn (33 km/h) |
Complement | 247 |
Armament |
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