Operators Royal Netherlands Navy Built 1900–1902 | Preceded by Evertsen class | |
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Name Koningin Regentes class Builders Rijkswerf (2),
Maatschappij voor Scheeps- en Werktuigbouw Fijenoord Succeeded by Marten Harpertzoon Tromp | ||
The Koningin Regentes class was a class of coastal defence ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The class comprised Koningin Regentes, De Ruyter and Hertog Hendrik.
Design
The ships of the class were 96.622 metres (317 ft 0 in) long, had a beam of 15.189 metres (49 ft 10 in), a draught of 5.817 metres (19 ft 1 in), and had a displacement of 5,002 ton. The ships were equipped with 2 shaft reciprocating engines, which were rated at 6,500 ihp (4,800 kW) and produced a top speed of 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h).
The ships had belt armour of 6 in (15 cm), 10 in (25 cm) barbette armour and 10 in (25 cm) turret armour.
The main armament of the ships where two 9.4 in (24 cm) single turret guns. Secondary armament included four single 15 cm (5.9 in) guns and eight 7.5 cm (3.0 in) single guns.