HNLMS Jacob van Heemskerck 1942 Dutch Light Cruiser (Plastic model) - HobbySearch Military Model Store

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- The second ship of the Tromp-class cruiser. The total length is 132 m, the drainage volume is 4,800 tons, and the steam turbine demonstrates 32 knots.
- Launch launched in October 1938, but due to the invasion of the Netherlands by the German army, in October 1939, left the British with unfinished construction.
- Although equipped with armed weapons etc in the UK, because it does not get the original 15 cm gun, it was made to be a defensive cruiser equipped with radar equipped with five UK 102 mm consecutive high-angle guns.
- The renovation was completed in 1941 and engaged mainly in the fleet escort mission etc. in the Indian Ocean.
- Participated in Madagascar landing operations and others during the fleet escort. In 1945 he headed to the Far East but returned to the Netherlands due to the end of the war and was dismantled in 1951 as scrap in 1970.

Item Size/Weight : 28.2 x 8 x 3 cm / 89g