HNLMS Evertsen (1926)

HNLMS Evertsen sometime before 1940
History
Netherlands
Name	Evertsen
Namesake	Johan Evertsen
Laid down	5 August 1925
Launched	29 December 1926
Commissioned	12 April 1928
Fate	Destroyed, 1 March 1942
General characteristics
Class & type	Admiralen-class destroyer
Displacement	1,310 long tons (1,331 t) standard
Length	98.15 m (322.0 ft) oa 93.57 m (307.0 ft) lbp[1]: 210
Beam	9.45 m (31.0 ft)
Draft	3 m (9.8 ft)
Installed power	31,000 hp (23 MW)
Propulsion	3 × Yarrow boilers 2 × turbines 2 × shafts
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	3,200 nmi (5,900 km; 3,700 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)[1]: 210
Complement	129
Armament	4 × 4.7 in (120 mm) guns (4×1) 2 × 3 in (76 mm) AA guns (2×1) 4 × .5 in (13 mm) machine guns 6 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2×3) 24 × mines
Aircraft carried	1 × Fokker C.VII-W floatplane
Aviation facilities	1 × Davit

HNLMS Evertsen was an Admiralen-class destroyer of the Royal Netherlands Navy operated between 1928 and 1942. Alongside her class, she was designed to serve as both as a destroyer and minelayer in the Dutch East Indies. During World War II, she operated with an Allied fleet in the unsuccessful defense of the East Indies. In February 1942, the destroyer was evacuating the region as she lagged behind the cruisers Perth and Houston. The two cruisers were destroyed in view of Evertsen during the Battle of Sunda Strait. The destroyer attempted to discreetly escape, but she was spotted by Japanese ships and was crippled by shell fire. With no escape, she was beached, the crew ran inland, and was destroyed by a fire.