Netherlands Protected Cruiser HNLMS Friesland
Commission on 16 January 1898, HNLMS Friesland was a Holland-class protected cruiser of the Royal Netherlands Navy. She was decommissioned in 1913 along with her sister ship HNLMS Utrecht while her other four sister-ships Holland, Zeeland, Gelderland and Noordbrabant were modernised.
Class and type | Holland-class cruiser |
Displacement | 4,033 tons |
Length | 94.7 m (310 ft 8 in) |
Beam | 14.8 m (48 ft 7 in) |
Draught | 5.41 m (17 ft 9 in) |
Propulsion | 10,000 ihp (7,500 kW), two shafts |
Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h) |
Complement | 324 |
Armament | 2 × 5.9 in (15 cm) (2 × 1) 6 × 4.7 in (12 cm) (6 × 1) 4 × 3 in (7.6 cm) (4 × 1) 4 × 1pdr (4 × 1) 2 × 45 cm (18 in) torpedo tubes |
Armour | 5 cm (2.0 in) deck |


