HNLMS ''Groningen'' (D813) ( nl, Hr.Ms. Groningen) was a

destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, manoeuvrable, long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against powerful short range attackers. They were originally developed in ...

of the . The ship was in service with the

Royal Netherlands Navy The Royal Netherlands Navy ( nl, Koninklijke Marine, links=no) is the naval force of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. During the 17th century, the navy of the Dutch Republic (1581–1795) was one of the most powerful naval forces in the world an ...

from 1956 to 1981. The destroyer was named after the Dutch province of

Groningen Groningen (; gos, Grunn or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. The ''capital of the north'', Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of t ...

and was the eleventh ship with this name. In 1981 the ship was taken out of service and sold to Peru where it was renamed ''Gálvez''. The ship's radio call sign was "PACX".

Dutch service history

HNLMS ''Groningen'' was one of eight s and was built at the

NDSM NDSM is a neighborhood in Amsterdam, Netherlands located on the former terrain of the Nederlandsche Dok en Scheepsbouw Maatschappij (NDSM) shipbuilding company. It is located in the Amsterdam-Noord borough along the IJ river and can be reached b ...

in Amsterdam. The

keel laying Laying the keel or laying down is the formal recognition of the start of a ship's construction. It is often marked with a ceremony attended by dignitaries from the shipbuilding company and the ultimate owners of the ship. Keel laying is one o ...

took place on 21 February 1952 and the launching on 9 January 1954. The ship was put into service on 12 September 1956. On 8 June 1977 ''Groningen'', with the frigate , the replenishment ship and destroyer , visited

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. This was the first Dutch squadron to visit Leningrad in twenty one years. On 20 January 1981 the vessel was decommissioned and sold to the

Peruvian Navy The Peruvian Navy ( es, link=no, Marina de Guerra del Perú, abbreviated MGP) is the branch of the Peruvian Armed Forces tasked with surveillance, patrol and defense on lakes, rivers and the Pacific Ocean up to from the Peruvian littoral. Addit ...

Peruvian service history

The ship was put into service on 2 March 1981 where the ship was renamed ''Gálvez'' and decommissioned in 1991.

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Groningen Friesland-class destroyers 1954 ships Ships built in Amsterdam Destroyers of the Cold War