Michiel Gardeyn, initially called K 1, was a K-class torpedo boat of the Dutch Koninklijke Marine. She was decommissioned in 1921.
.jpg) Michiel Gardeyn in 1905
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| History | |
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| Name | Michiel Gardeyn |
| Owner | Koninklijke Marine |
| Builder | Maatschappij voor Scheeps- en Werktuigbouw Fijenoord |
| Laid down | 1904 |
| Launched | 1905 |
| Commissioned | 1905 |
| Decommissioned | 1921 |
| Fate | Sunk as target ship for an airstrike exercise in 1921 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Torpedo boat |
| Displacement | 47.9 tons |
| Length | 30.0 m (98 ft 5 in) |
| Beam | 3.6 m (11 ft 10 in) |
| Draft | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 18.6 knots (34.4 km/h) |
| Range | 500 nmi (930 km) at 9 kn (17 km/h) |
| Complement | 12 |
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Service history
editMichiel Gardeyn was commissioned in to the Koninklijke Marine in 1905. She was sunk in 1921 as target ship during an airstrike exercise together with the torpedo boats Draak and Krokodil.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ Kimenai, Peter (29 December 2010). "Nederlandse torpedoboten" (in Dutch). tracesofwar.nl. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- ^ "Torpedoboten Hr.Ms. Draak (1907-1921) en Hr.Ms. Krokodil (1907-1921) en Hr.Ms. K1 (Michiel Gardeyn) (1905-1921) als oefendoel voor luchtbombardementen" (in Dutch). europeana.eu. Retrieved 12 August 2019.