The Evertsen class was a class of coastal defense ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy

Royal Netherlands Navy

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. The class comprised Evertsen, Piet Hein and Kortenaer.

Dimensions and machinery

The ships of the class were 86.2 metre long, had a beam of 14.33 metre, a draught of 5.23 metre, and had a displacement of 3,464 ton. The ships were equipped with 2 shaft reciprocating engine

Reciprocating engine

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s, which were rated at 4700 ihp and produced a top speed of 16 knots (31.4 km/h).

Armour

The ships had belt armour of 6 in (15.2 cm) and 9.5 in (24.1 cm) barbette armour.

Armament

The main armament of the ships where three 8.2 in (20.8 cm) guns in a double and single turret. Secondary armament included two single 15 cm (5.9 in) guns and six single 7.5 cm (3 in) guns.

Construction

Evertsen was laid down at the Wilton Fijenoord shipyard in Rotterdam

Rotterdam

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. She was launched on 29 September 1894. Piet Hein was laid down at De Schelde shipyard in Flushing

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and was launched on 16 August the same year.

The last ship to be launched on 27 October 1894 was Kortenaer, she was laid down at the NSM Amsterdam shipyard.

External links

• Description of class