HNLMS Van Speyk (1882)

For other ships with the same name, see HNLMS Van Speijk.

History
Netherlands
Name	Van Speyk
Namesake	Jan van Speyk
Builder	Rijkswerf, Amsterdam
Laid down	9 February 1880
Launched	7 June 1882
Completed	16 July 1883
General characteristics (as completed)
Class and type	Atjeh-class
Displacement	3,160 tons
Length	93.05 m (305 ft 3 in) (overall) 80.00 m (262 ft 6 in) (p/p)
Beam	12.497 m (41 ft 0 in)
Draft	6.706 m (22 ft 0 in)
Installed power	Compound steam engine nominal 370 kW (500 hp) effective 2,200 kW (3,000 ihp)
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement	225
Armament	6 × 6.7 in (17 cm) (6 × 1) 8 × 4.7 in (12 cm) (8 × 1)
Armour	engine behind coal bunkers

HNLMS Van Speyk (Dutch: Zr.Ms/Hr.Ms. Van Speyk), was an Atjeh-class unprotected cruiser built in Amsterdam for the Royal Netherlands Navy.

Service history

Van Speyk was laid down at the Rijkswerf in Amsterdam on 9 February 1880. The launched took place on 7 June 1882. After the ship was completed on 16 July 1883 she left the Rijkswerf for Willemsoord, Den Helder, where her trials commenced.

Van Speyk was sent to the Dutch East Indies in 1887 where it participated in an expedition against Lombok and in the Aceh War. In 1903 Van Speyk was rebuilt as accommodation ship and commissioned at the navel base Willemsoord, Den Helder. From 1905 till 1940 she was in use as instruction vessel for stokers. The ship was sold for scrap in 1946 to a firm in Hendrik Ido Ambacht.

References

• Departement van Marine (1881), Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemagt 1879-1880, De Gebroeders van Cleef
• Departement van Marine (1881-1882) (1883), Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemagt 1881-1882, De Gebroeders van Cleef{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
• Departement van Marine (1882-1883) (1883), Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemagt 1882-1883, De Gebroeders van Cleef{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)