Admiralen class Destoyer - Batch 2

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The Admiralen class Destroyers were a class of 8 ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy, build in 2 different versions. All fought in WW2 and none survived the war.

The ships could carry a sea-plane for scouting, which was an interesting feature for a Destroyer, although the plane had to be lowered in the sea by a crane, no catapult was present.

The ships were build in 2 batches. Each batch with difference in weapons and usage. Both carried four 120mm guns, with some minor difference in the mounts, four 13mm (.5 inch) Browning Machine guns, 4 depth-charge launchers, and 6 torpedo-tubes (2 x 3)

Batch I had the option for mine laying and carried two 75 mm AA guns.

Batch II was focused on mine-sweeping, carried one 75 mm AA, four 40 mm AA and carried 4 extra torpedo's for a limited torpedo re-load at sea.

Batch II ships

  • Van Galen - Sunk May 1940

  • Witte de With - Scuttled March 1942

  • Banckert - Scuttled, Salvaged by IJN, but not repaired

  • Van Nes - Sunk Feb 1942


Copyright Allan Smit 2023
Non Commercial and personal use only.



The model is provided in 1/1000 scale and is Resin print only.

1/1800 - resize to 55,56%

1/1200 - resize to 83,5%

There are named bases provided for each ship in two versions, text recessed and the text raised. I used the recessed version for FDM printed bases. Finally a base class text is also included. Do not forget to also re-scale the bases if you print in 1/1200 or 1/1800 scale.

Also included a 1/1800 scale pre-supported model which I used for the test-prints on my Anycubic Mono SE (0.05mm layer) using standard resin. Use at your own risk, might be best you create your own supported files, which prints best on you own printer. Some parts are rather delicate, mainly the gun barrels, and you will need to remove support carefully.

The base was printed on an Ender 5 pro (0.16 mm layer) standard PLA.

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