HNLMS De Ruyter C-801

Later names:
BAP Almirante Grau 81 (1973)

Type:
Cruiser

Class:
De Zeven Provincien
Builder:
Wilton Fijenoord
Schiedam, The Netherlands
Pennant Number:
C-801
81 (Peru)
Ordered:
1938
Commissioned:
November 18, 1953 (Netherlands)
May 23, 1973 (Peru)
Keel Laid:
September 5, 1939
Decommissioned:
March 1973
Launched:
December 24, 1944
Stricken:
N/A
Fate:
Sold to Peru in March 1973.


Dimensions, machinery and performance

Length:
614' 5"
Engines:
2 Parsons geared turbines
Beam:
56' 7"
Boilers:
4 Yarrow three drum type
Draft:
22'
Shafts:
2
Displacement:
9,529 std. / 11,850 full
SHP:
85,000
Speed:
32 knots
Crew:
920
Range:
6,900 NM @ 12 knots


Notes:
Laid down as De Zeven Provincien
Both ships in this class were captured by the Germans in 1940 while still on the slipway.
The Germans continued construction and she was launched with the German "Atlantic Stem".
The original design called for three engines, three shafts and six boilers but the design was modified after the war.


Class Overview
Builder's Data
Page published Nov. 1, 2008