HNLMS Limburg (D814)

HNLMS Limburg (D814) (Dutch: Hr.Ms. Limburg) was a destroyer of the Friesland class. The ship was in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy from 1956 to 1980. The destroyer was named after the Dutch province of Limburg and was the first ship with this name. In 1980 the ship was taken out of service and sold to Peru where it was renamed Capitan Quiñones. The ship's radio call sign was "PATM".[1]

Limburg
History
Netherlands
Name: Limburg
Namesake: Limburg
Builder: KM de Schelde, Vlissingen
Laid down: 28 November 1953
Launched: 5 September 1955
Commissioned: 31 October 1956
Decommissioned: 1 February 1980
Fate: Sold to the Peruvian Navy
Peru
Name: Capitan Quiñones
Acquired: 1980
Decommissioned: 1991
Identification: DD76
Status: decommissioned
General characteristics
Type: Friesland-class destroyer
Displacement: 2497 standard, 3070 tons full load
Length: 116 m (381 ft)
Beam: 11.7 m (38 ft)
Draught: 5.2 m (17 ft)
Propulsion: 2 shaft geared turbines, 4 BW boilers, Super-heated steam @ 620psi, 60,000 hp
Speed: 36 kn (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range: 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement: 284
Sensors and
processing systems:		 Radar LW-02, DA-01, ZW-01, M45, Sonar Type PAE 1N, Type CWE 10
Armament:

Dutch service history

HNLMS Limburg was one of eight Friesland-class destroyers and was built at the KM de Schelde in Vlissingen. The keel laying took place on 28 November 1953 and the launching on 5 September 1955. The ship was put into service on 31 October 1956.[2]

Across the Channel in the United Kingdom, the appointment of Commander-in-Chief, The Nore lapsed on 31 March 1961. Seven days before, a closing ceremony took place, on 24 March 1961. At the ceremony, the station's Queen's Colour was formally laid up in the presence of members of the Admiralty Board, several former Commanders-in-Chief, other civilian and military figures, "..and the Commander-in-Chief of the Netherlands Home Station flying his flag in the new Dutch destroyer Limburg who had been invited to attend."[3]

In 1962 during the West New Guinea dispute Limburg attacked Indonesian planes during the defense of Netherlands New Guinea.[4]

On 1 February 1980 the vessel was decommissioned and sold to the Peruvian Navy.[5]

Peruvian service history
For other ships with the same name, see BAP Quiñones.

The ship was put into service on 27 June 1980 where the ship was renamed Capitan Quiñones and decommissioned in 1991.[2]

Notes
  1. "Limburg (D814)". www.navyinside.nl. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  2. "helis.com". Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  3. Cecil Hampshire, 1975, 208.
  4. "Frieslandklasse onderzeebootjagers". www.marineschepen.nl. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  5. "onzevloot.weebly.com". www.onzevloot.weebly.com. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
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