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F 806   -   HNLMS Van Amstel

 

 

HNLMS Van Amstel (F 806)

Type, Class:

 

Destroyer Escort / Frigate; Van Amstel (ex US Cannon) -class

Builder:

 

Dravo Shipbuilding, Wilmington, Delaware, USA

STATUS:

 

Laid down: March 20, 1943

Launched: October 2, 1943

Commissioned: December 19, 1943 (as USS Burrows / DE 105)

Decommissioned: April 26, 1946

transferred to the Netherlands – June 1, 1950

renamed HNLMS Van Amstel / F 806

Decommissioned: 1967 (as HNLMS Van Amstel / F 806)

Fate: sold for scrap to Simons Scheepsslooparij, Rotterdam, The Netherlands – February 1968.

Homeport:

 

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Ship’s Motto:

 

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Technical Data:

(Measures, Propulsion,

Armament, Aviation, etc.)

 

see: INFO >> Destroyer Escort / Frigate – Van Amstel (ex US Cannon) class

LINK:

 

Official Royal Netherlands Navy site

 

ship images

 

 

 

Jan Van Amstel

 

 

 

Information & History

Jan Van Amstel (December 12, 1618 – September 29, 1669):

 

Jan Van Amstel was an Officer of the Netherlands Navy;

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HNLMS Van Amstel (F 806):

 

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patches

 

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