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GerritJ9 · 05-29-07, 07:20 AM

"Tromp" was completed in 1938, not 1940; "Jacob van Heemskerck" escaped to Britain in an incomplete condition in May 1940 and was completed there. Since fire control equipment was not available she was completed with ten 4-inch AA guns as main armament. "Tromp" took part in the Battle of Badoeng Strait and received damage which necessitated her repair in Australia, so she was the only major Dutch warship to survive the NEI campaign. "Heemskerck" was in the Indian Ocean and was ordered to proceed to Colombo instead when Java's fall became imminent.
The "Admiralen" class destroyers were developments of the British "Ambuscade" (as were all British destroyers of the "A" to "I" class so perhaps it is possible to modify an early war British destroyer model from SH3? They carried six torpedo tubes rather than eight, and differed in AA armament. The first group of four had two 75mm AA guns, the second four had two twin 40mm AA mounts.
"Van Galen (II)" and "Tjerk Hiddesz" were Royal Navy "N" class so they could be transferred from SH3 without any mods (use "J" class destroyer)- assuming, of course, that that would be (a) workable and (b) legal.

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GerritJ9 Sonar Guy Join Date: May 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 389 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 6	Re: Tromp/Heemskerck etc. "Tromp" was completed in 1938, not 1940; "Jacob van Heemskerck" escaped to Britain in an incomplete condition in May 1940 and was completed there. Since fire control equipment was not available she was completed with ten 4-inch AA guns as main armament. "Tromp" took part in the Battle of Badoeng Strait and received damage which necessitated her repair in Australia, so she was the only major Dutch warship to survive the NEI campaign. "Heemskerck" was in the Indian Ocean and was ordered to proceed to Colombo instead when Java's fall became imminent. The "Admiralen" class destroyers were developments of the British "Ambuscade" (as were all British destroyers of the "A" to "I" class so perhaps it is possible to modify an early war British destroyer model from SH3? They carried six torpedo tubes rather than eight, and differed in AA armament. The first group of four had two 75mm AA guns, the second four had two twin 40mm AA mounts. "Van Galen (II)" and "Tjerk Hiddesz" were Royal Navy "N" class so they could be transferred from SH3 without any mods (use "J" class destroyer)- assuming, of course, that that would be (a) workable and (b) legal.