Tromp-class cruiser

The Tromp class was a class of ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The hull shape was also known as the Argonaut 600. They were designed as "flotilla leaders" and their intended role was to be the backbone of a squadron of modern destroyers that was planned at the same time (One of which was finished in the UK and the other in Germany. Two others scrapped). The ships were ordered in 1935; Tromp was launched in 1937, and her sister ship Jacob van Heemskerck in 1939.^[1][2] Often referred to as 'light cruisers', they were significantly smaller and less capable than most light cruisers of the era.

Tromp
Class overview
Name	Tromp class
Builders	Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Mij.
Operators	Royal Netherlands Navy
Built	1936–1940
In commission	1938–1969
Planned	2
Completed	2
Retired	2
General characteristics
Type	Flotilla leader
Displacement	3,350 long tons (3,404 t) standard
Length	131.95 m (432 ft 11 in)
Beam	12.43 m (40 ft 9 in)
Draught	4.32 m (14 ft 2 in)
Propulsion	2 Parsons geared steam turbines 4 Yarrow boilers 2 shafts 56,000 shp (41,759 kW)
Speed	33 knots (38 mph; 61 km/h)
Complement	380 (Tromp) 420 (Jacob van Heemskerk)
Armament	Tromp : 6 × 150 mm (5.9 in) guns (3×2) 4 × 75 mm 8 × 40 mm (4×2) 2 × 20 mm 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (2×3) Jacob van Heemskerk : 10 × 102 mm (4 in) guns (5×2) 8 × 40 mm (4×2) 4 × 20 mm
Aircraft carried	1 × Fokker C.XIW floatplane (Tromp)
Notes	All of the above are from [1]

At the outbreak of World War II, Tromp was sent to the Dutch East Indies. Jacob van Heemskerck was still being completed in the naval shipyard in Den Helder when the German attack started on 10 May 1940, but she succeeded in escaping to the United Kingdom, where she was completed with a completely different armament set, as an anti-aircraft ship. Both ships served in the Far East and survived the war, Tromp to be decommissioned in 1955 and sold for scrap in 1969 and Jacob van Heemskerck to become an artillery instruction ship in 1947, decommissioned in 1969 and sold for scrap in 1970.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8]}

Ships

Construction data

Name	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Decommissioned
Tromp	17 January 1936	24 May 1937	18 August 1938	20 December 1968
Jacob van Heemskerck	31 October 1938	16 September 1939	10 May 1940	20 November 1969

Citations

1. "Lichte kruisers van de Trompklasse". www.tracesofwar.nl.
2. "Jacob van Heemskerck". Onze Vloot. Archived from the original on 2019-05-30. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
3. "Lichte kruisers van de Trompklasse, HNLMS TROMP 1". www.tracesofwar.nl.
4. "Lichte kruisers van de Trompklasse HNLMS Tromp 2". www.tracesofwar.nl.
5. "Lichte kruisers van de Trompklasse, HNLMS Jacob van Heemskerck 1". www.tracesofwar.nl.
6. "Lichte kruisers van de Trompklasse, HNLMS Jacob van Heemskerck 2". www.tracesofwar.nl.
7. "Lichte kruisers van de Trompklasse, na-oorlogse periode". www.tracesofwar.nl.
8. "HNLMS Tromp". Beeldbank Nederlands Instituut van defensie. Archived from the original on 2018-10-12. Retrieved 2018-10-12.

References

• Bevan, E. Denys; Caruana, Joseph; Duerkop, J.; Morton, A.; Spek, John D.; van Munching, L. L. & Voss, Maurice (1989). "Question 15/88". Warship International. XXVI (3): 305–307. ISSN 0043-0374.
• Grobmeier, Alvin H.; Stroh, Stan; Visser, H. & Wetherhorn, Aryeh (2001). "Question 14/00: Characteristics of Dutch Tromp Class Cruisers". Warship International. XXXVIII (2): 136–141. ISSN 0043-0374.
• Mulder, Jantinus; Mulder, Frits (2012). Destroyer Leader HNLMS Tromp. Emmen: Lanasta. ISBN 9789086161911.
• Teitler, G. (1984). De strijd om de slagkruisers. Dieren: De Bataafsche Leeuw. ISBN 978-9067070287.
• Kimenai, Peter (May 30, 2011). "Lichte kruisers van de Tromp-klasse" (in Dutch). TracesOfWar.nl. Retrieved March 3, 2018.

External links

• Tromp-class destroyer leaders