Destroyers: HNLMS Tjerk Hiddes

[Brian James]

HNLMS Tjerk Hiddes pictured at Rotterdam in 1949.Tjerk Hiddes was laid down on May 22nd 1940 at William Denny & Bros Shipyard, Dumbarton on the Clyde as an N-Class Destroyer and launched on June 25th 1941 as HMS Nonpareil, but on May 27th 1942, she was transferred to the Royal Dutch Navy.She was commissioned in 1942 as HNLMS Tjerk Hiddes,much of her war service was with the Royal Navy and United States Navy in the Indian Ocean and Australia. Following the war, the Destroyer was sold to Indonesia and renamed KRI Gadjah Mada. She was scrapped in 1961.

[ivorthediver]

Nice vessel ....short lived thou Brian , still she did clock up some sea miles in her time

[jbryce1437]

Many thanks Brian. Here are a couple of other photos of her.


Jim

hnethms tjerk hiddes ,dated 41946 ex hms nonpariel.jpg

hnlms tjerk hiddes ,built by wm denny & bros,dumbarton,as hms nonparielcompleted as tjerk hiddes 651942.jpg

[ivorthediver]

Crystal clear shots there Jim many thanks ..........

[Culverin]

Tjerk Hiddes and sister Van Galen were initially classed as destroyers, Jagers, in Dutch service. Post ww2 there was a differentiation between torpedo destroyers, Torpedobootjager, and anti submarine destroyers, onderzeebootjagers. This pair and the three S class then became Torpedobootjagers.

T H and V G each went through 6 pendant numbers in Dutch service plus a 7th when transferred to Indonesia.

Tjerk Hiddes wore these pendants, 1 - 4 located on hull below bridge, 5 - 7 located on hull forward.
1 - G16, as built to 1944
2 - D08, British Pacific Fleet as allocated by the USA 1944
3 - G16, on return to UK from Pacific late 1944
4 - J5, 1946 and whilst in Dutch East Indies, J - Jager
5 - JT5, 1948 on return to Holland from East Indies, JT - Torpedobootjager
6 - D806, 1950 with new NATO pendant allocations
7 - 01, 1951 on transfer to Indonesia as Gadjah Mada