HNLMS Van Speijk (K3)

HNLMS Van Speijk (K3, later F805) was a K-class sloop sloop, designed in the late 1930s to replace the aging Brinio-class gunboats of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Incomplete at the start of the German invasion of the Netherlands and not yet launched, K3 was found undamaged by the German forces. The Kriegsmarine ordered her completion, then commissioned her for service in Norwegian and German home waters.

After the war she was repaired at the Rijkswerf at Amsterdam, then entered Dutch service as the frigate Van Speijk (F805). She mainly served in the Dutch West Indies until she was scrapped in 1960.

Description
The K-class ships were 77.9 m long, with a beam of 10.2 m and a draught of 3.2 m at deep load. They displaced was 1260 LT at normal load, which increased to 1420 LT at deep load. A pair of diesel engines each drove a single propeller shaft. The engines were rated at 3500 bhp which gave the ships a speed of 14 kn. They carried up to 157 LT of fuel oil and had a complement of 106 officers and ratings.