The Admiral de Ruyter class was a major improvement over the Wolf/Fret ships, as expected of a design more than a decade younger and built after the First World War. Four destroyers were fitted for minesweeping and four for minelaying. Every ship could carry a Fokker floatplane. Six 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes were arranged in two triple mounts. These were suitable ships for Dutch requirements, but the total of only eight remained the central limitation.
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Admiral de Ruyter class: mine warfare, floatplanes, and torpedoes
Eight destroyers combined mine-warfare fittings, floatplane carriage, and six torpedo tubes per ship, improving substantially on the prewar Dutch force.