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| Class overview |
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| Name | Borndiep class |
| Operators |  Royal Netherlands Navy |
| In commission | 1946-1962[1] |
| Planned | 10[2] |
| General characteristics [3] |
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| Type | Minesweeper |
| Displacement | 250 t (250 long tons) |
| Length | 41.5 m (136 ft 2 in) |
| Beam | 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in) |
| Draft | 2.6 metres (8 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Crew | 27/29 |
| Armament | |
The Borndiep-class was a ship class of 10 minesweepers that served between 1946 and 1962 in the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNN).[4][1] They were former British Yard Mine Sweepers (BYMS) that were transferred from the Royal Navy to the RNN in 1946.[5]
Design
The minesweepers of the Borndiep-class were equipped with mechanic, acoustic and magnetic sweepers.[5] The magnetic sweeper consisted of two cables through which electricity would pulse and as a result would create a magnetic field that would detonate magnetic mines.[6][7] As acoustic sweeper it had an electric hammer clock that would be thrown overboard to create vibrations which resulted in the destruction of acoustic mines.[8][9] The mechanic sweeper consisted of a cable on each side of the ship with at the end of the cables a floater that would hit a mine to make it detonate.[10]
Service history
The Borndiep-class was active in the North Sea after the Second World War to cleanup mines that were laid down during the war.[11][12][13]
Between 16 and 25 July 1954 several minesweepers of the Borndiep-class took part in the NATO exercise Haul.[14][15]
