Gerard Callenburgh-class destroyer
| Isaac Sweers, underway in 1942 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Gerard Callenburgh class | 
| Operators | |
| Preceded by | Admiralen class | 
| Succeeded by | Holland class | 
| Built | 1937–1940 | 
| In commission | 1941–1944 | 
| Planned | 4 | 
| Completed | 2 | 
| Lost | 2 | 
| General characteristics as designed (see text) | |
| Type | Destroyer | 
| Displacement | 
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| Length | 107 m (351 ft 1 in) | 
| Beam | 10.6 m (34 ft 9 in) | 
| Draft | 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in) | 
| Propulsion | 
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| Speed | 37.5 knots (69.5 km/h; 43.2 mph) | 
| Range | 3,200 nmi (5,900 km; 3,700 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) | 
| Complement | 158 | 
| Armament | 
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The Gerard Callenburgh class were a group of four destroyers ordered for the Royal Netherlands Navy just before World War II. Two ships were completed - Gerard Callenburgh by the Germans after being captured and Isaac Sweers in Britain after being evacuated as the Netherlands fell to the Nazis.