Goeree-class minesweeper
The Goeree class was a ship class of ten minesweepers that served in the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNN) between 1947 and 1956. They were former R boats that served in the Kriegsmarine and German Mine Sweeping Administration. In 1947 they were transferred to the Netherlands as war reparations.
A minesweeper of the Goeree class entering the Port of Scheveningen | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Goeree class |
| Builders | Yacht und Bootswerf Burmester, Bremenburg-Swinemünde |
| Operators | Royal Netherlands Navy |
| Built | 1942–1944 |
| In commission | 1947–1956 |
| Planned | 10 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Displacement | 125 t (123 long tons) |
| Length | 39.4 m (129 ft 3 in) |
| Beam | 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in) |
| Draft | 1.7 metres (5 ft 7 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
| Crew | 30 - 31 |
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