HNLMS Tjerk Hides
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 Tjerk Hiddes in Rotterdam, October 1949. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | HNLMS Tjerk Hides |
| Owner | Royal Netherlands Navy |
| Builder | William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton |
| Launched | 25 Jun 1941 |
| Completed | 30 Oct 1942 |
| In service | 1942 |
| Out of service | 1961 |
| Fate | scrapped 1961 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | British N Class Destroyer |
| Tonnage | 2,384 tons |
| Length | 356 ft 6 in (108.7 m) |
| Beam | 35 ft 9 in (10.9 m) |
| Depth | draft 12 ft 6 in (3.8 m) |
| Propulsion | twin screw |
| Speed | 36 knots (66.67 km/h) |
| Capacity | 183 crew |
Remarks
The destroyer HNLMS Tjerk Hiddes was a British built, Dutch warship of World War II. Much of her war service was with the Royal Navy and United States Navy in the Indian Ocean and Australia. On 4, 11, and 15 December she made three trips to rescue allied troops and civilians from Timor. She was also an escort for the final leg by the convoy that returned the 9th Division to Australia from the Middle East
Tjerk Hiddes resumed peace time service with the Royal Netherlands Navy after completion of a refit at Dundee. She returned to the Dutch East Indies, and was transferred to newly-independent Indonesia in March 1951. Renamed KRI Gadjah Madashe, she was the flagship of the new nation's Navy. She was scrapped in 1961.
Armament:
- 3 × twin QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mk XII guns
- 1 × single QF 4-inch Mk V (102 mm) AA gun
- 4 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon AA guns
- 2 × twin QF 0.5-inch (12.7 mm) Mk III machineguns
- 1 × quintuple 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 45 × depth charges, 1 × rack, 2 × throwers