Name Wolf-class destroyer Succeeded by Admiralen class In commission 1911-1928 | Built 1910-1913 | |
Builders Koninklijke Maatschappij de Schelde, Flushing (6)Feijenoord, Schiedam (2) | ||
The Wolf-class destroyers were a class of eight destroyers that were built between 1910 and 1913 for the Royal Netherlands Navy to serve in the Dutch East Indies. They were the first Dutch destroyers built after a British design. The first six ships were built by De Schelde shipyards in Vlissingen, and the last two by Fijenoord in Rotterdam. Although officially named the Wolf class they are often referred to as the Roofdier class. The ships were replaced at the end of the 1920s by the Admiralen class.
Ships
They are named after mammals of the order Carnivora (Roofdieren in Dutch). Their names in English, in the sequence listed, mean: wolf, ferret, bulldog, jackal, ermine, lynx, fox and panther.
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