HNLMS Tjerk Hiddes

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HNLMS Tjerk Hiddes (Dutch : Hr.Ms. or Zr.Ms. Tjerk Hiddes) may refer to following ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy:

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HNLMS Van Nes may refer to following ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy:

HNLMS <i>Tjerk Hiddes</i> (G16)

The destroyer HNLMS Tjerk Hiddes was a British built, Dutch warship of World War II. She was laid down on 22 May 1940 as a British N-class destroyer and launched on 25 June 1941 as HMS Nonpareil, but on 27 May 1942, she was transferred to the Royal Dutch Navy. The ship was commissioned in 1942 as HNLMS Tjerk Hiddes, named after the 17th century Dutch admiral, Tjerk Hiddes de Vries. Much of her war service was with the Royal Navy and United States Navy in the Indian Ocean and Australia. Following the war, the destroyer was sold to Indonesia and renamed RI Gadjah Mada. She was scrapped in 1961.

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HNLMS <i>Tjerk Hiddes</i> (F804)

HNLMS Tjerk Hiddes (F804) was a frigate of the Van Speijk class. The ship was in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy from 1967 to 1986. The frigate was named after Dutch naval hero Tjerk Hiddes de Vries. The ship's radio call sign was "PAVC". She was sold to the Indonesian Navy where the ship was renamed KRI Ahmad Yani (351).

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