List of cruisers of the Netherlands

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The following is a list of cruisers of the Netherlands grouped by type.

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Unprotected cruiser

Protected cruiser

Sumatra

ShipArmamentArmorDisplacementPropulsionService
Laid downCommissionedFate
Sumatra 1 × 8.2 in (21 cm) gun
1 × 5.9 in (15 cm) gun
2 × 4.7 in (12 cm) guns
40 mm (2 in)1,693  tons2,350  ihp (1,752 kW)26 April 18901 April 1891Sold for scrap, 1907

Koningin Wilhelmina der Nederlanden

Koningin Wilhelmina der Nederlanden at Ambon. COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Het Marineschip de Wilhelmina op de reede van Ambon TMnr 60009712.jpg
Koningin Wilhelmina der Nederlanden at Ambon.
ShipArmamentArmorDisplacementPropulsionService
Laid downCommissionedFate
Koningin Wilhelmina der Nederlanden 1 × 11 in (28 cm) gun
1 × 8.2 in (21 cm) gun
2 × 6.7 in (17 cm) guns
4 × 3 in (7.6 cm) guns
50 mm (2.0 in)4,530  tons4,600 ihp (3,430 kW)22 October 189217 April 1894Scrapped in 1910

Holland class

Noordbrabant HNLMS Noord-Brabant (1900).jpg
Noordbrabant
ShipArmamentArmorDisplacementPropulsionService
Laid downCommissionedFate
Holland 2 × 5.9 in (15 cm) guns
6 × 4.7 in (12 cm) guns
4 × 3 in (7.6 cm) guns
50 mm (2.0 in)3,900 tons10,000 ihp (7,457 kW), two shafts18951 July 1898Scrapped, 1920?
Zeeland 18951 June 1898Scrapped, 1924?
Friesland 189516 January 1898Scrapped, 1913?
Gelderland 4,033 tons1 November 189715 July 1900Sunk by Russian aircraft on 16 July 1944 while in German service
Noordbrabant 31 August 18971 March 1900Scuttled on 17 May 1940
Utrecht 18971 March 1901Scrapped, 1913?

Light cruisers

Java class

Java COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM 'Stoomschip H.M.S. 'Java' TMnr 10002145.jpg
Java
ShipArmamentArmorDisplacementPropulsionService
Laid downCommissionedFate
Java 10 × 15 cm (5.9 in) guns25–50 mm (0.98–1.97 in)6,670 tons standard
8,087 tons full load
3 shafts, 3 steam turbines, 73,000  shp (54,436 kW)31 May 19161 May 1925Sunk during the Battle of the Java Sea on 27 February 1942
Sumatra 15 July 191626 May 1926Scuttled off the coast of Normandy on 9 June 1944
CelebesSlightly larger than the other two shipsCancelled

De Ruyter

De Ruyter Hr. Ms. De Ruyter (1936).jpg
De Ruyter
ShipArmamentArmorDisplacementPropulsionService
Laid downCommissionedFate
De Ruyter 7 × 15 cm (5.9 in) guns30 mm (1.2 in)6,442 tons standard
7,822 tons full load
2 shafts, 3 steam turbines, 66,000 shp (49,216 kW)16 September 19333 October 1936Sunk during the Battle of the Java Sea on 28 February 1942

Tromp class

De Zeven Provinciën class

See also

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<i>Tromp</i>-class cruiser

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<i>De Zeven Provinciën</i>-class cruiser

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HNLMS <i>Jan van Brakel</i> (F825)

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BAP <i>Almirante Grau</i> (CLM-81)

BAPAlmirante Grau(CLM-81) is a De Zeven Provinciën-class cruiser that served in the Royal Netherlands and Peruvian navies. Completed for the Dutch in 1953 as HNLMS De Ruyter (C801), she was acquired by Peru in 1973 and served as fleet flagship. Almirante Grau underwent a major modernization program between 1985 and 1988 during which she was fitted with new weapons and electronics. She was the last gun cruiser in service in any navy before being decommissioned on 26 September 2017. In 2019, it was to be said that she would be preserved as a museum ship. However, it was later announced on February 14th, 2022 that the ship would put up for sale with an asking price of 4.180.000 soles(1.112.520 USD).

HNLMS <i>De Zeven Provinciën</i> (C802)

HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën was a De Zeven Provinciën-class cruiser of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Laid down in 1939, construction was interrupted by World War II and the ship was only commissioned in 1953 with the identification number C802. She served until 1976 when she was purchased by Peru and renamed Aguirre. With the Peruvian Navy she served until 1999 and was scrapped in 2000.

HNLMS <i>Van Kinsbergen</i> (F809)

HNLMS Van Kinsbergen (F809) was a frigate of the Kortenaer class. The ship was in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy from 1980 to 1995. The frigate was named after Dutch naval hero Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen.

HNLMS <i>Hertog Hendrik</i>

HNLMS Hertog Hendrik was a Koningin Regentes-class coastal defence ship (pantserschip) of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The ship was built at the Rijkswerf in Amsterdam at the start of the twentieth century. She was the first ship in the Dutch navy to be equipped with wireless communication. The ship took part in two expeditions to South Celebes and during the Spanish Civil War she performed convoy duties. During World War II she was captured by the invading German forces and converted into an anti-aircraft battery. After the war the ship was recovered and given back to the Netherlands, to be converted into an accommodation ship.

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.

HNLMS <i>Holland</i> (D808)

HNLMS Holland (D808) was the lead ship of her class of four destroyers built for the Royal Netherlands Navy in the early 1950s. HNLMS Holland is named after a former province of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and was the twentieth ship with this name. In 1978 the ship was taken out of service and sold to Peru where it was renamed Garcia y Garcia. The ship's radio call sign was "PAOP".

HNLMS Zeeland (D809) was a destroyer of the Holland class. The ship was in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy from 1955 to 1979. The destroyer was named after the Dutch province of Zeeland and was the twenty-first ship with this name. In 1978 the ship was taken out of service and later broken up and scrapped. The ship's radio call sign was "PAAU".

HNLMS <i>De Ruyter</i> (F806)

HNLMS De Ruyter (F806) was a frigate of the Tromp class. The ship was in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy from 1976 to 2001. The frigate was named after Dutch naval hero Michiel de Ruyter. The ship's radio call sign was "PAEP".

HNLMS <i>Kortenaer</i> (F807)

HNLMS Kortenaer (F807) was a frigate of the Kortenaer class. The ship was in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy from 1978 to 1997 and today serves as HS Kountouriotis with the Hellenic Navy. The frigate was initially named after Dutch naval hero Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer and then after Pavlos Kountouriotis, distinguished Admiral of the Hellenic Navy, responsible for Greek naval victories in the Aegean Sea that secured the Aegean for Greece during the First Balkan War. The ship's radio call sign was "PADA".

HNLMS <i>Callenburgh</i> (F808)

HNLMS Callenburgh (F808) was a frigate of the Kortenaer class. The ship was in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy from 1979 to 1994. The frigate was named after Dutch naval hero Gerard Callenburgh. The ship's radio call sign was "PADB".

HNLMS <i>Evertsen</i> (1966)

HNLMS Evertsen (F803) was a frigate of the Van Speijk class. The ship was in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy from 1967 to 1989. The frigate was named after Dutch naval hero Johan Evertsen. The ship's radio call sign was "PAVG". She was sold to the Indonesian Navy where the ship was renamed KRI Abdul Halim Perdanakusuma (355).

References

  1. Friedman, Norman "Anti-Aircraft Cruisers: The Life of a Class" United States Naval Institute Proceedings January 1965 p.96
  2. 1 2 Friedman, Norman "Anti-Aircraft Cruisers: The Life of a Class" United States Naval Institute Proceedings January 1965 p.97