Van Amstel-class frigate

	HNLMS De Zeeuw at Den Helder on 9 July 1951
Class overview
Name	Van Amstel class
Builders	Dravo Corporation; Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company;
Operators	Royal Netherlands Navy
Succeeded by	Van Speijk class
Subclasses	Cannon-class destroyer escort
Built	1943-1944
In commission	1950-1967
Planned	6
Completed	6
Retired	6
General characteristics
Type	Frigate
Displacement	1,240 tons standard; 1,620 tons full load;
Length	93.3 m (306 ft)
Beam	11 m (36 ft)
Draft	3.5 m (11 ft) full load
Propulsion	4 GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive; 6,000 shp (4,500 kW), 2 screws;
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h)
Range	10,800 nautical miles (20,000 km; 12,400 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement	15 officers; 201 enlisted men;
Armament	3 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 guns (3×1); 2 × 40 mm Bofors AA guns (1x2); 8 × 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns (8×1); 3 × Torpedo tubes for 21-inch Mark 15 torpedo (1×3); 8 × depth charge projectors; 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar; 2 x depth charge tracks;

The Van Amstel class was a class of six frigates that were built during the Second World War in the United States and served as Cannon-class destroyer escort during that war. After the war the destroyer escorts were loaned to the Dutch navy as part of the MDAP and from 1950 to 1967 served as the Van Amstel-class frigates.

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