HNLMS Willem van Ewijck (1937)
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| Name: | HNLMS Willem van Ewijck |
| Builder: | P. Smit, Rotterdam |
| Laid down: | 1936 |
| Launched: | 22 February 1937 |
| Commissioned: | 19 July 1937 |
| Fate: | Sunk, 8 September 1939 |
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| Class & type: | Jan van Amstel-class minesweeper |
| Displacement: | 460 long tons (467 t) |
| Length: | 56.8 m (186 ft 4 in) |
| Beam: | 7.8 m (25 ft 7 in) |
| Draft: | 2.2 m (7 ft 3 in) |
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| Speed: | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement: | 45 |
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HNLMS Willem van Ewijck was a Jan van Amstel-class minesweeper of the Royal Netherlands Navy.
Service history
Willem van Ewijck was sunk on 8 September 1939 after hitting a mine off Terschelling. Thirty-three of the crew were killed.
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