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List Of Cruisers Of The Netherlands
The following is a list of cruisers of the Netherlands grouped by type. Unprotected cruiser * ** ''Atjeh'' (1876) ** ''Tromp'' (1877) ** ''Koningin Emma der Nederlanden'' (ex-''De Ruyter'') (1879) – Captured by Germany 14 May 1940, scuttled ~1943 ** ''De Ruyter'' (1880) ** ''Van Speyk'' (1882) ** ''Johan Willem Friso'' (1886) Protected cruiser ''Sumatra'' ''Koningin Wilhelmina der Nederlanden'' ''Holland'' class Light cruisers ''Java'' class ''De Ruyter'' ''Tromp'' class * – Decommissioned in 1955, sold for scrap in 1969 * – completed as an anti-aircraft cruiserFriedman, Norman "Anti-Aircraft Cruisers: The Life of a Class" ''United States Naval Institute Proceedings'' January 1965 p.96 – Decommissioned in 1969, sold for scrap in 1970 ''De Zeven Provinciën'' class * (1944) – completed as an anti-aircraft cruiserFriedman, Norman "Anti-Aircraft Cruisers: The Life of a Class" ''United States Naval Institute Proceedings'' January 1965 p.97 � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Displacement (ship)
The displacement or displacement tonnage of a ship is its weight. As the term indicates, it is measured indirectly, using Archimedes' principle, by first calculating the volume of water displaced by the ship, then converting that value into weight. Traditionally, various measurement rules have been in use, giving various measures in long tons. Today, tonnes are more commonly used. Ship displacement varies by a vessel's degree of load, from its empty weight as designed (known as "lightweight tonnage") to its maximum load. Numerous specific terms are used to describe varying levels of load and trim, detailed below. Ship displacement should not be confused with measurements of volume or capacity typically used for commercial vessels and measured by tonnage: net tonnage and gross tonnage. Calculation The process of determining a vessel's displacement begins with measuring its draft.George, 2005. p. 5. This is accomplished by means of its "draft marks". A merchant vessel has t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drive Shaft
A drive shaft, driveshaft, driving shaft, tailshaft (Australian English), propeller shaft (prop shaft), or Cardan shaft (after Girolamo Cardano) is a component for transmitting mechanical power (physics), power, torque, and rotation, usually used to connect other components of a drivetrain that cannot be connected directly because of distance or the need to allow for relative movement between them. As torque carriers, drive shafts are subject to torsion (mechanics), torsion and shear stress, equivalent to the difference between the input torque and the load. They must therefore be strong enough to bear the stress, while avoiding too much additional weight as that would in turn increase their inertia. To allow for variations in the alignment and distance between the driving and driven components, drive shafts frequently incorporate one or more universal joints, jaw couplings, or rag joints, and sometimes a Rotating spline, splined joint or prismatic joint. History The term '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keel
The keel is the bottom-most longitudinal structural element of a watercraft, important for stability. On some sailboats, it may have a fluid dynamics, hydrodynamic and counterbalancing purpose as well. The keel laying, laying of the keel is often the initial step in constructing a ship. In the British and American shipbuilding traditions, this event marks the beginning date of a ship's construction. Etymology The word "keel" comes from Old English language, Old English , Old Norse , = "ship" or "keel". It has the distinction of being regarded by some scholars as the first word in the English language recorded in writing, having been recorded by Gildas in his 6th century Latin work ''De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae'', under the spelling ''cyulae'' (he was referring to the three ships that the Saxons first arrived in). is the Latin word for "keel" and is the origin of the term careening, careen (to clean a keel and the hull in general, often by rolling the ship on its side). An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ship Commissioning
Ship commissioning is the act or ceremony of placing a ship in active service and may be regarded as a particular application of the general concepts and practices of project commissioning. The term is most commonly applied to placing a warship in active duty with its country's military forces. The ceremonies involved are often rooted in centuries-old naval tradition. Ship naming and launching endow a ship hull with her identity, but many milestones remain before it is completed and considered ready to be designated a commissioned ship. The engineering plant, weapon and Electronics, electronic systems, Galley (kitchen), galley, and other equipment required to transform the new hull into an operating and habitable warship are installed and tested. The prospective commanding officer, ship's officers, the petty officers, and seamen who will form the crew report for training and familiarization with their new ship. Before commissioning, the new ship undergoes sea trials to identify a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HNLMS Noord-Brabant (1900)
HNLMS ''Noord-Brabant'' () may refer to following ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy: * , a protected cruiser Protected cruisers, a type of cruiser of the late 19th century, took their name from the armored deck, which protected vital machine-spaces from fragments released by explosive shells. Protected cruisers notably lacked a belt of armour alon ... * , a {{DEFAULTSORT:Noord-Brabant Royal Netherlands Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of The Java Sea
The Battle of the Java Sea (, ) was a decisive naval battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II. Allied navies suffered a disastrous defeat at the hand of the Imperial Japanese Navy on 27 February 1942 and in secondary actions over successive days, starting when the main ABDA fleet strike force of 2 heavy cruisers, 3 light cruisers, and 9 destroyers, led by ABDA fleet's main commander, Admiral Karel Doorman, attempted to intercept a Japanese troop convoy in the Java Sea, only to be intercepted by the convoy's better equipped escort force. The battle started off as a stalemate, but the heavy cruiser '' Haguro'' changed the course of the battle when she crippled the heavy cruiser HMS ''Exeter'' with gunfire, then torpedoed and sank the Dutch destroyer '' Kortenaer,'' sending Doorman's fleet into a chaotic frenzy. A gunfight between allied and Japanese destroyers then resulted in the sinking of HMS ''Electra'', before Doorman's force made a false retreat, ending the dayl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Overlord
Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allies of World War II, Allied operation that launched the successful liberation of German-occupied Western Front (World War II), Western Europe during World War II. The operation was launched on 6 June 1944 (D-Day (military term), D-Day) with the Normandy landings (Operation Neptune). A 1,200-plane Airborne forces, airborne assault preceded an amphibious warfare, amphibious assault involving more than 5,000 vessels. Nearly 160,000 troops crossed the English Channel on 6 June, and more than two million Allied troops were in France by the end of August. The decision to undertake cross-channel landings in 1944 was made at the Washington Conference (1943), Trident Conference in Washington, D.C., Washington in May 1943. American General Dwight D. Eisenhower was appointed commander of Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force, and British General Bernard Montgomery was named commander of the 21st Army Group, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west, to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country, to the tropical Amazon basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon River. Peru has Demographics of Peru, a population of over 32 million, and its capital and largest city is Lima. At , Peru is the List of countries and dependencies by area, 19th largest country in the world, and the List of South American countries by area, third largest in South America. Pre-Columbian Peru, Peruvian territory was home to Andean civilizations, several cultures during the ancient and medieval periods, and has one o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Monitors Of The Netherlands
This is a list of monitors of the Netherlands navy. * ** (1868) ** (1868) * ** (1868) ** (1870) * ** (1867) ** (1868) ** (1868) * ** (1869) ** (1869) * ** (1870) ** (1870) ** (1871) ** (1871) ** (1871) ** (1876) * (1877) * (1878) * (1891) See also * List of cruisers of the Netherlands * List of battleships of the Netherlands * List of ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy References Bibliography * External linksList of monitors of the Netherlands {{Dutch Navy ship types Naval ships of the Netherlands Monitors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Battleships Of The Netherlands
This is a list of Dutch battleships of the period 1894-1944. Also considered in the list are shortened versions of battleships, coastal defense ships (sometimes also called coastal defense battleships). * ** ''Evertsen'' (1894) - BU 1914 ** ''Piet Hein'' (1894) - Discarded 1914 ** ''Kortenaer'' (1894) - Discarded 1920 * ** ''Koningin Regentes'' (1900) - Discarded 1920 ** ''De Ruyter'' (1901) - Discarded 1923 ** ''Hertog Hendrik'' (1902) - Hulked 1945 * ''Marten Harpertszoon Tromp'' (1904) - BU 1932 * ''Jacob Van Heemskerck'' (1906) - Hulked 1948 * ''De Zeven Provincien'' (1909) - Sunk 1942, salvaged by Japan and recommissioned, sunk 1943 *? class (not built) **6 ships? ''Dreadnoughts'' * 1913 proposal (none begun) ** (up to 9 ships planned) ''Battlecruisers'' * Design 1047 (none begun) ** (3 planned) See also * List of battleships *List of cruisers of the Netherlands *List of monitors of the Netherlands * List of ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy {{Dutch Navy ship types ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
