List of cruisers of the Netherlands

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

Key  Armament  | The number and type of the primary armament

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Armor  | The thickness of the deck or belt armor
Displacement  | Ship displacement at full combat load
Propulsion  | Number of shafts, type of propulsion system, and top speed generated
Cost  | Cost of the ship's construction
Service  | The dates work began and finished on the ship and its ultimate fate
Laid down  | The date the keel began to be assembled
Commissioned  | The date the ship was commissioned

## Contents

* 1 Unprotected cruiser
* 2 Protected cruiser
* 2.1 Sumatra
* 2.2 Koningin Wilhelmina der Nederlanden
* 2.3 Holland class
* 3 Light cruisers
* 3.1 Java class
* 3.2 De Ruyter
* 3.3 Tromp class
* 3.4 De Zeven Provinciën class
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 Sources

## Unprotected cruiser

* Atjeh class
* Atjeh (1876)
* Tromp (1877)
* Koningin Emma der Nederlanden (ex-De Ruyter) (1879) – Captured by Germany 14 May 1940, scuttled ~1943
* De Ruyter (1880)
* Van Speyk (1882)
* Johan Willem Friso (1886)

## Protected cruiser

### Sumatra

Ship  | Armament  | Armor  | Displacement  | Propulsion  | Service

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Laid down  | Commissioned  | Fate
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  tons  | 2,350 ihp (1,752 kW)  | 26 April 1890  | 1 April 1891  | Sold, 1907[1]

### Koningin Wilhelmina der Nederlanden

Koningin Wilhelmina der Nederlanden at Ambon.

Ship  | Armament  | Armor  | Displacement  | Propulsion  | Service

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Laid down  | Commissioned  | Fate
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  tons  | 4,600 ihp (3,430 kW)  | 22 October 1892  | 17 April 1894  | Sold, 1910[1]

### Holland class

Noordbrabant

Main article: Engineering:Holland-class cruiser

Ship  | Armament  | Armor  | Displacement  | Propulsion  | Service

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Laid down  | Commissioned  | Fate
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 tons  | 10,000 ihp (7,457 kW), two shafts  | 1895  | 1 July 1898  | Stricken, 1920[1]
Zeeland | 1895  | 1 June 1898  | Stricken, 1924[1]
Friesland | 1895  | 16 January 1898  | Stricken, 1913[1]
Gelderland | 4,033 tons  | 1 November 1897  | 15 July 1900  | Sunk by Russian aircraft on 16 July 1944 while in German service
Noordbrabant | 31 August 1897  | 1 March 1900  | Scuttled on 17 May 1940
Utrecht | 1897  | 1 March 1901  | Scrapped, 1913[1]

## Light cruisers

### Java class

Java

Main article: Engineering:Java-class cruiser

Ship  | Armament  | Armor  | Displacement  | Propulsion  | Service

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Laid down  | Commissioned  | Fate
Java | 10 × 15 cm (5.9 in) guns  | 25–50 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)  | 1916[2] | 1 May 1925[2] | Sunk, Battle of Java Sea, 27 February[3]
Sumatra | 1916[2] | 26 May 1926[2] | Scuttled, Operation Overlord, 9 June 1944[3]
Celebes | Slightly larger than the other two ships  |  —  |  —  | Canceled

### De Ruyter

De Ruyter

Ship  | Armament  | Armor  | Displacement  | Propulsion  | Service

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Laid down  | Commissioned  | Fate
De Ruyter | 7 × 15 cm (5.9 in) guns  | 30 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 1933  | 3 October 1936  | Sunk during the Battle of the Java Sea on 28 February 1942

### Tromp class

Main article: Engineering:Tromp-class cruiser

* HNLMS Tromp (1937) – Decommissioned in 1955, sold for scrap in 1969
* HNLMS Jacob van Heemskerck (1939) – completed as an anti-aircraft cruiser[4] – Decommissioned in 1969, sold for scrap in 1970

### De Zeven Provinciën class

Main article: Engineering:De Zeven Provinciën-class cruiser

* HNLMS De Ruyter (C801) (1944) – completed as an anti-aircraft cruiser[5] – Sold to Peru in 1973 and renamed Almirante Grau
* HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën (C802) (1950) – completed as an anti-aircraft cruiser[5] – Sold to Peru in 1976 and renamed Aguirre

## See also

* List of monitors of the Netherlands
* List of battleships of the Netherlands
* List of ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Gray & Gardiner 1985, p. 365.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Whitley 1996, p. 190.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Whitley 1996, p. 191.
4. ↑ Friedman, Norman "Anti-Aircraft Cruisers: The Life of a Class" United States Naval Institute Proceedings January 1965 p.96
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Friedman, Norman "Anti-Aircraft Cruisers: The Life of a Class" United States Naval Institute Proceedings January 1965 p.97

## Sources

* Gray, Randal; Gardiner, Robert (1 January 1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1906–1921 (1st ed.). Naval Institute Press.
* Whitley, Michael J. (January 1, 1996). Cruisers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). United States Naval Institute. ISBN 978-1557501417.

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