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|Ship country=Netherlands
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|Ship name= ''Jan van Gelder''
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|Ship builder=Gusto, [[Schiedam]]
|Ship laid down= 10 October 1936
|Ship launched= 27 March 1937
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|Ship name= ''Jan van Gelder'' (J60)
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|Ship class= {{sclass|Jan van Amstel|minesweeper}}
|Ship displacement= {{convert|460|LT|t|0|abbr=on}}
|Ship length= {{convert|56.8|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam= {{convert|7.8|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship draft= {{convert|2.2|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship power= *2 × [[Yarrow boiler]]s
*{{cvt|1600|ihp|0|lk=on}}
|Ship propulsion=2 shafts, 2 × [[triple expansion engine]]s 
|Ship speed= {{convert|15|kn|lk=in}}
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|Ship complement=45
|Ship armament=*''As built'':
*1 × single {{convert|3|in|mm|abbr=on}} gun
*2 × twin .50-calibre machine guns
*''After 1940'':
*1 × [[QF 12 pounder 12 cwt AA gun|12-pdr gun]]
*2 × single [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon]]s
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'''HNLMS ''Jan van Gelder''''' was a {{sclass|Jan van Amstel|minesweeper}} of the [[Royal Netherlands Navy]] that served in [[World War II]].

==Description==
The ''Jan van Amstel''-class ships were {{convert|55.8|m|ftin}} long, with a [[Beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{convert|7.8|m|ftin}} and a [[Draft (ship)|draught]] of {{convert|2.2|m|ftin}} at [[deep load]]. They [[Displacement (ship)|displaced]] was {{convert|450|LT|t|lk=on}} at normal load, which increased to {{convert|585|LT|t}} at deep load. A pair of [[Yarrow boiler]]s fed steam to two [[Marine steam engine#Triple or multiple expansion|triple-expansion steam engines]] that each drove a single [[Propeller (ship)|propeller shaft]]. The engines were rated at {{convert|1690|ihp|kW|lk=on}} which gave the ships a speed of {{convert|15|kn}}. They carried up to {{convert|110|LT}} of [[fuel oil]] and had a [[Ship's company|complement]] of 45 officers and [[Naval rating|ratings]].<ref>Roberts, p. 394; van Willigenburg, p. 106</ref>

==Service history==
''Jan van Gelder'' was damaged by her own mines off [[Terschelling]] on 1 October 1939. At least five men were killed. After initial repairs at [[Willemsoord, Den Helder]], she received a new stern at Gusto, Schiedam, and was recommissioned on 17 April 1940.<ref>[https://wrakkenmuseum.nl/wrakken/willem-van-ewijck Scheepswrak: WILLEM VAN EWIJCK]</ref>

During the [[Battle of the Netherlands|invasion of the Netherlands]] by Germany in May 1940, she escorted the [[HNLMS O 13|Dutch submarine ''O-13'']] to England. Later that month, on 29&ndash;31 May, she escorted the Dutch passenger ship ''Batavier II'' to [[Cherbourg]], to pick up 280 Dutch troops.

Refitted and rearmed in 1940, she was assigned to serve with the British [[Royal Navy]]'s 11th Minesweeping Flotilla, stationed in [[Milford Haven]], Wales. Later in 1941 she served with the 9th Flotilla off [[Isle of Portland|Portland]]. She mainly acted as buoy ship, marking the swept channels. From October 1941, she swept [[acoustic mine]]s off [[Harwich]] and the [[Isle of Wight]]. Later she was sent to Scotland and served as an escort ship with a British submarine flotilla. On 26 March 1943 she was transferred to the Royal Navy.

She was returned to the Netherlands in 1946 and was recommissioned in the Royal Netherlands Navy. She sailed for the [[Dutch East Indies]] where she served as patrol ship until 1950. After her return, she was rebuilt as [[Net laying ship|boom defence vessel]]. Struck in 1961, she was then transferred to the ''[[Zeekadetkorps]] Nederland'' (Dutch Sea Cadets). She was assigned to the '[[Jacob van Heemskerck]]' unit in the town of [[Schiedam]], and moored at the same shipyard where she was launched 25 years earlier. The sea cadets removed the boilers for additional space, making the ''Jan van Gelder'' a stationary training ship ('floating clubhouse'). Because of severe leaking in the engine room, she was replaced in 1979, and scrapped.

==Citations==
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==Bibliography==
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* {{cite book|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946|editor1-last=Chesneau |editor1-first=Roger |publisher=Conway Maritime Press|location=Greenwich, UK |year=1980 |isbn=0-85177-146-7 |chapter=The Netherlands|author-first=John |author-last=Roberts |pages=385–396}}
*{{cite book |last1=van Willigenburg |first1=Henk |title=Dutch Warships of World War II |date=2010 |publisher=Lanasta |location=Emmen |isbn=978-90-8616-318-2}}

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