This is a list of active ships currently in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy.
In Dutch, ships are given the prefix "Zijner Majesteits" ("his majesty's", abbreviated "Zr.Ms.") or "Hare Majesteits" ("her majesty's", abbreviated as "Hr.Ms."). In English, the Dutch prefix is translated as "HNLMS" for "His/Her Netherlands Majesty's Ship". Some authors translate Hr./Zr.Ms. as "HNMS" but that abbreviation is ambiguous: the "N" might stand for "Netherlands" or "Norway". The most common way to avoid this ambiguity is to use "HNLMS" and "HNoMS" respectively.
Class | In service | Origin | Picture | Type | Builder | Ship | No. | Comm. | Displacement | Notes |
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Attack submarines (3) | ||||||||||
3 | Netherlands | Attack submarines | RDM(Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij) | Zeeleeuw | S803 | 2,800 tonnes (submerged)2,450 tonnes (surfaced) | [1] [2] To be replaced by the [3] | |||
S808 | ||||||||||
S810 |
Class | In service | Origin | Picture | Type | Builder | Ship | No. | Comm. | Displacement | Notes | |
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Frigates (6) | |||||||||||
M-class | 2 | Netherlands | ASW Frigates | Schelde Naval Shipbuilding | F831 | 3,300 tonnes | [4] [5] inactive due to personnel shortage. | ||||
F828 | |||||||||||
4 | Netherlands | Guided-missiles frigates(air defence) | Schelde Naval Shipbuilding | F802 | 6,050 tonnes | [6] [7] Internationally considered destroyers due to their size, armament, and role. | |||||
F803 | |||||||||||
F804 | |||||||||||
F805 | |||||||||||
Offshore patrol vessels (4) | |||||||||||
4 | Netherlands | Ocean-going patrol vessels | Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding | P840 | 3,750 tonnes | [8] [9] 1 ship of the Holland class is assigned to the Caribbean Coast Guard. | |||||
P841 | |||||||||||
Romania (Hull) Netherlands (Fitting out) | Damen Shipyards Galați, Damen Schelde | P842 | |||||||||
P843 | |||||||||||
Amphibious warfare (3 ships, 17 landing crafts) | |||||||||||
2 | Netherlands | LPD(landing platform dock) | Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding | L800 | 12,750 tonnes | [10] [11] 2 LCU and 3 LCVP carried. | |||||
L801 | 15,500 tonnes | [12] 2 LCU and 4 LCVP can be carried. | |||||||||
Karel Doorman class | 1 | Romania (Hull) Netherlands (Fitting out) | JSS(joint suppor | Damen Shipyards Galați, Damen Schelde | A833 | 27,800 tonnes (max load) 17,200 tonnes (empty) | [13] 2 LCVP carried. | ||||
4 | Netherlands | LCU(landing craft utility) | Visser shipyard Den Helder | – | L9525 | – | 255 tonnes | [14] Being upgraded to Mk.III standard.[15] [16] | |||
– | L9526 | ||||||||||
– | L9527 | ||||||||||
– | L9528 | ||||||||||
LCU 3607 Mk.III | 1 | – | L9529 | ||||||||
LCVP Mk.V (NL) | 12 | Netherlands | LCVP (Landing craft vehicle personnel) | Van der Giessen-De Noord,Hardinxveld-Giessendam | – | L9565 | – | 24 tonnes | [17] To be replaced by 12 new LCVPs and 8 new Littoral Craft Mobility (LCM) from 2025 onwards.[18] [19] [20] | ||
– | L9566 | ||||||||||
– | L9567 | ||||||||||
– | L9568 | ||||||||||
– | L9569 | ||||||||||
– | L9570 | ||||||||||
– | L9571 | ||||||||||
– | L9572 | ||||||||||
– | L9573 | ||||||||||
– | L9574 | ||||||||||
– | L9575 | ||||||||||
– | L9576 | ||||||||||
Mine warfare ships (4) | |||||||||||
4 | Netherlands | Minehunters | Van der Giessen de Noord | M857 | 571 tonnes | [21] is also planned to be retired in 2024[22] | |||||
M860 | |||||||||||
M862 | |||||||||||
M864 | |||||||||||
Light boats | |||||||||||
– boarding craft(fast raiding interception and special forces craft) Based on MST 1000 Enforcer | 19 | Netherlands | RHIB boarding craft(rigid hull inflatable boat) | Marine Specialised Technology Ltd. | – | RHIBC 01– RHIBC 19 | 2014[23] | 8 tonnes | Used by: [24] [25] [26]
To be replaced by the FFI.[27] | ||
– Raiding craft(fast raiding interception and special forces craft) Based on MST 1000 Enforcer | 17 | Netherlands | RHIB raiding craft(rigid hull inflatable boat) | Marine Specialised Technology Ltd. | – | RHIBC 01– RHIBC 17 | 2014 | 8 tonnes | Used by the Marine Corps
To be modernised.[28] | ||
– Support craft(fast raiding interception and special forces craft) Based on MST 1000 Enforcer | 12 | Netherlands | RHIB support craft(rigid hull inflatable boat) | Marine Specialised Technology Ltd. | – | RHISC 01– RHISC 12 | 2014 | 7 tonnes | Missions the Caribbean for:
To be modernised. | ||
RHIB 700 | 5 | – | RHIB (rigid hull inflatable boat) | – | WM8-8909 WM8-9001 WM8-9102 WM8-9201 | – | – | – | Being phased out.[29] | ||
RHIB 2000 | 4 | – | RHIB (rigid hull inflatable boat) | – | WM8-0201 WM8-0202 WM8-0203 WM8-0204 | – | – | ||||
RHIB 2000D | 4 | – | – | RHIB (rigid hull inflatable boat) | – | WM8-0602 WM8-0603 WM8-0604 WM8-0605 | – | – | 2 RHIBs 2000D for port protection by Defence Diving Group | ||
Alunaut A7 FRB | 11 | Estonia | Artist impression | RHIB (rigid hull inflatable boat) | Alunaut OÜ | – | – | – | Replacement RHB-700.[30] |
Class | In service | Origin | Picture | Type | Builder | Ship | No. | Comm. | Displacement | Notes | |
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Logistic support (1) | |||||||||||
class | 1 | Romania (Hull) Netherlands (Fitting out) | Logistic support ship | Damen Shipyards GalațiDamen Schelde, | A804 | 1,150 tonnes | [31] Also used for emergency relief. To be replaced by new naval support vessels.[32] | ||||
Submarine support (1) | |||||||||||
– | 1 | Netherlands | Torpedo work ship | Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding | A900 | 1,400 tonnes | [33] To be replaced by new naval support vessels. | ||||
Diving support ships (5) | |||||||||||
Soemba class | 1 | Netherlands | Diving support vessel | Vervaco | A850 | 1989 | 410 tonnes | [34] To be replaced by new naval support vessels. | |||
4 | Netherlands | Diving support vessel | Scheepswerf Visser | A851 | 1992 | 223 tonnes | |||||
A852 | 1992 | ||||||||||
A853 | 1992 | 340 tonnes | |||||||||
A854 | 1992 | ||||||||||
Research and survey vessels (3) | |||||||||||
2 | Romania (Hull) Netherlands (Fitting out) | Hydrographic survey vessel | Damen Shipyards GalațiDamen Schelde | A802 | 1,875 tonnes | [35] To be replaced by new naval support vessels. | |||||
A803 | |||||||||||
ESB1604 | 1 | Netherlands | Expeditionary survey boat | Damen Group | H8021 | 22 tonnes | [36] | ||||
Harbour patrol vessel (2) | |||||||||||
2 | Netherlands | Harbour patrol vessel | Jongert | Y8208 | 7.9 tonnes | [37] | |||||
Y8209 | |||||||||||
Tugboats (13) | |||||||||||
"ASD Tug 2810 Hybrid" | 3 | Netherlands | Coastal tugboat | Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding | Noordzee | A871 | 604 tones | [38] [39] Replaces 4 tug of the . | |||
Waddenzee | A872 | ||||||||||
Zuiderzee | A873 | ||||||||||
"Delta tug 2750" | 1 | Netherlands | Tugboat | Shipyard Bijlsma (Hull)Delta Shipyard (Fitting out) | Gouwe | A878 | 380 tonnes | ||||
2 | Netherlands | Harbour tugboat | Delta Shipyard | Breezand | Y8018 | 74.5 tonnes | |||||
Balgzand | Y8019 | ||||||||||
4 | Netherlands | – | Harbour tugboat | Delta Shipyard | Schelde | Y8055 | 25 tonnes | Being replaced by . | |||
Wierbalg | Y8056 | ||||||||||
Malzwin | Y8057 | ||||||||||
Zuidwal | Y8058 | ||||||||||
3 | Netherlands | Harbour electric tugboat | Stormer Marine | Bolder | Y8023 | 9.5 tonnes | [40] [41] Replaces 5 tug of the . | ||||
Beting | Y8024 | ||||||||||
Bakspier | Y8025 | ||||||||||
Training ships (2) | |||||||||||
– | 1 | Netherlands | Training ship | Damen Group | A902 | 630 tonnes | [42] To be replaced by new naval support vessels. | ||||
– | 1 | Netherlands | Training sail boat | De Gier & Bezaan Int. | Y8050 | 80 tonnes | [43] |
The Coast Guard has no vessels of its own, so resources are made available by the cooperating ministries and services[44]
See also: Netherlands Coastguard. Ships used by the continental Dutch coast guard.[45]
Class | In service | Origin | Picture | Type | Builder | Operator | Ship | No. | Comm. | Displacement | Notes | |
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Patrol vessels | ||||||||||||
– | 1 | Netherlands | Patrol boat | Damen Shipyards Gorinchem | Rijkswaterstaat | [46] | – | 1,150 tonnes | Active in the North Sea.[47] 2 RHIB on board.[48] | |||
Damen Stan Patrol 4207 | 2 | Netherlands | Patrol boat | Damen Shipyards Gorinchem | [49] | – | 245 tonnes | 1 RHIB on board. | ||||
[50] | – | |||||||||||
Damen Stan Patrol 2706 | 1 | Netherlands | Patrol boat | Damen Shipyards Gorinchem | National Police Corps | P45 | – | – | [51] | |||
Damen Stan Patrol 2506 | 3 | Netherlands | Patrol boat | Damen Shipyards Gorinchem | National Police Corps | P41 | – | – | [52] | |||
P42 | – | |||||||||||
P44 | – | |||||||||||
Buoy vessels | ||||||||||||
– | 3 | Netherlands | Buoy tender | Damen Shipyards Gorinchem | Rijkswaterstaat | [53] | – | 514 tonnes |
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[54] | – | |||||||||||
[55] | – | |||||||||||
Pollution control ship | ||||||||||||
– | 1 | Netherlands | Oil spill combatment vessel | Damen Shipyards Gorinchem | Rijkswaterstaat | [56] | – | 2,388 | [57] [58] | |||
Tugboats | ||||||||||||
– | 1 | Turkey | ERTV"Emergency response towing vessel" | Selah Shipyard[59] | Multraship Ocean Towage BV since (Svitzer -) | Guardian[60] (formerly) | – | 820 tonnes | [61] Ship changed name and ownership. Emergency towing assistance on the North Sea on behalf of the Dutch Coastguard. | |||
– | 1 | Germany | ERTV"Emergency response towing vessel" | (design MAN Ferrostaal /) | Multraship Ocean Towage BV | Multraship Commander[62] (formerly ALP Ace) | – | 530 tonnes | [63] Preventively at sea at the Borssele wind farm to monitor shipping safety. Built in . | |||
– | 1 | Germany | ERTV"Emergency response towing vessel" | (design MAN Ferrostaal /) | Multraship Ocean Towage BV | Multraship Protector [64] (formerly ALP Ippon) | – | 530 tonnes | [65] Preventively at sea at the Kust wind farm to monitor shipping safety. Built in . |
See also: Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard.
Class | In service | Origin | Picture | Type | Builder | Ship | No. | Comm. | Displacement or length | Notes | |
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Offshore patrol vessel (1 borrowed from the Navy) | |||||||||||
West Indies Guard Ship (WIGS) | 1 | Romania (Hull) Netherlands (Fitting out) | OPV | Damen Shipyards Galați,Damen Schelde | – | – | 3,750 tonnes | [66] Rotation od the Royal Netherlands Navy every 4 to 6 months in support of the Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard. Most often ship. | |||
Netherlands | Frigate | Schelde Naval Shipbuilding | – | – | 6,050 tonnes | ||||||
Cutters (3) | |||||||||||
Stan Patrol 4100 class | 3 | Netherlands | Cutter | Damen Group | Jaguar | P810 | 206 tonnes | [67] Stationed in Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten | |||
Panter | P811 | ||||||||||
Poema | P812 | ||||||||||
Light patrol boats (17) | |||||||||||
38 Defiant | 12 | United States | High speed patrol boat | Metal Shark | 01- 04 | – | [68] | 11.6m (38.1feet) | To patrol waters of Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, St. Eustatius, St. Maarten and Saba. Successor of the SRHIB[69] | ||
05- 08 | – | [70] | |||||||||
09 | A-2539 | ||||||||||
10 | A-2540 | ||||||||||
11 | A-2541 | ||||||||||
12 | A-2542 | ||||||||||
Justice 20 | 5 | United States | Patrol boat | Boston Whaler | – | – | 6.1m (20feet) | [71] |
See also: Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Institution. Vessels used by the KNRM.[72] [73]
Class | In service | Origin | Picture | Type | Builder | Ship | Comm. | Displacement | Notes |
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Search and rescue vessels | |||||||||
10 | Netherlands | Lifeboat (rescue) | Habbeké shipyard | Koning Willem I [74] | 28.3 tonnes | [75] [76] Koos van Messel retired in March 2017.[77] | |||
Aluboot B.V. | Arie Visser [78] | ||||||||
Zeemanshoop [79] | |||||||||
Koopmansdank [80] | |||||||||
Arie Visser | |||||||||
Anna Margaretha [81] | |||||||||
Jeanine Parqui [82] | |||||||||
Joke Dijkstra [83] | |||||||||
Kitty Roosmale Nepveu [84] | |||||||||
Antoinette [85] | |||||||||
SAR-1500"" | 5 | Netherlands | Lifeboat (rescue) | Aluboot B.V. | Jan van Engelenburg [86] | 14.6 tonnes | [87] | ||
Graaf van Bylandt [88] | |||||||||
Jan en Titia Visser [89] | |||||||||
Kapiteins Hazewinkel [90] | |||||||||
Dorus Rijkers [91] | |||||||||
1 | Netherlands | Lifeboat (rescue) | Damen Group | NH1816[92] | – | ||||
10 | Netherlands | Lifeboat (rescue) | Habbeké shipyard | Beursplein 5 [93] | 10 tonnes | [94] Valentijn boat (first of the class) retired in February 2021.[95] | |||
Adriaan Hendrik [96] | |||||||||
Annie Jacoba Visser [97] | |||||||||
Donateur [98] | |||||||||
Anna Dorothea [99] | |||||||||
Annie Poulisse | |||||||||
Alida | |||||||||
Wiecher en Jap Visser-Politiek [100] | |||||||||
Koninklijke Nederlands Watersport Verbond (KNWV) [101] | |||||||||
Frans Verkade [102] | |||||||||
7 | Netherlands | Lifeboat (rescue) | Habbeké shipyard | Winifred Lucy Verkade-Clark [103] | 10 tonnes | ||||
Frans Hogewind [104] | |||||||||
Uly [105] | |||||||||
George Dijkstra [106] | |||||||||
Paul Johannes [107] | |||||||||
Edith Grondel [108] | |||||||||
De Redder [109] | |||||||||
Van Wijk Class improvement | 1(+6 on order) | Netherlands | Lifeboat (rescue) | Habbeké shipyard | Van Wijk | 9.5 tonnes | Being acquired | ||
Pauline | |||||||||
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Harder 2000 class | 1 | Netherlands | Lifeboat (rescue)RHIB | – | Johanna Margareta [112] | – | 3.8 tonnes | [113] [114] | |
AV 900 type | 8 | Norway | Lifeboat (rescue)RHIB | Mare Safety AS | KBW 1910 [115] | 3.4 tonnes | [116] | ||
Nikolaas Wijsenbeek [117] | |||||||||
Oranje [118] | |||||||||
Evert Floor [119] | |||||||||
Fred [120] | |||||||||
Tjepke Ekkelboom [121] | |||||||||
Bernardine [122] | |||||||||
AV 900 type | 9 | Norway | Lifeboat (rescue)RHIB | Mare Safety AS | Bert en Anneke Knape [124] | 4.2 tonnes | Reinforced | ||
Cornelis Dito [125] | |||||||||
Springbok [126] | |||||||||
Valerie Struis [127] | |||||||||
Op Dreef [128] | |||||||||
Pieter Houbolt | |||||||||
Royal Flush [129] | |||||||||
Johanna Maria [130] | |||||||||
Training lifeboat | C-Rescue 1[131] | ||||||||
19 | United Kingdom | Lifeboat (rescue)RHIB | RNLI"Royal National Lifeboat Institution* | Maria Hofker [132] | 1.6 tonnes | [133] | |||
Edzard Jacob [134] | |||||||||
Hendrik Jacob [135] | |||||||||
Huibert Dijkstra [136] | |||||||||
Koen Oberman [137] | |||||||||
Francine Kroesen [138] | |||||||||
Griend [139] | |||||||||
Palace Noordwijk [140] | |||||||||
Maria Paula [141] | |||||||||
Neeltje Struijs [142] | |||||||||
Corrie Dijkstra-van Elk [143] | |||||||||
Baron Van Lynden[144] | |||||||||
Dolfijn [145] | |||||||||
Ineke van Dun - de Meester [146] | |||||||||
Chios [147] | |||||||||
Marinus Cornelis [148] | |||||||||
Veronica [149] | |||||||||
Engelina | |||||||||
Training lifeboat | Margot Krijnen [150] | ||||||||
Chaterina D class | 1(+11 on order) | Norway | Lifeboat (rescue)RHIB | Stormer Marine | Chaterina D | 2023 | – | [151] Replacement of | |
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6 | United Kingdom | Lifeboat (rescue) RHIB | – | Fint [152] | 0.6 tonne | 4 boats of the class retired.[153] | |||
Tonijn [154] | |||||||||
Beluga [155] | |||||||||
Zalm [156] | |||||||||
Leng [157] | |||||||||
Meerval [158] |
Class | On order | Origin | Picture | Type | Builder | Ship | No. | Planned Comm. | Status | Displacement / length | Notes | |
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Submarines (4) | ||||||||||||
4 | France Netherlands | Artist impression | Attack submarine | Naval Group | – | – | Contract to be signed | 3,700 tonnes (submerged)3,300 tonnes (surfaced) | [159] | |||
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Frigates (2) | ||||||||||||
ASWF class"Anti-Submarine Warfare Frigate" | 2 | Romania (Hull) Netherlands (Fitting out) | Artist impression | Anti-submarine frigate | Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding | – | – | Under contract | 6,400 tonnes | Succeeding to the, final agreement signed in 2023.[160] | ||
– | – | Under contract | ||||||||||
Mine countermeasures vessel (> 6) | ||||||||||||
Vissingen class "City class" | 6 | France | Artist impression | MCM"mine countermeasures vessel" | Naval Group, | M840 | Construction | 2,800 tonnes | [161] | |||
M841 | Construction | |||||||||||
M842 | Construction | |||||||||||
M843 | Under contract | |||||||||||
M844 | Under contract | |||||||||||
M845 | Under contract | |||||||||||
USV | – | Netherlands | Artist impression | Unmanned anti-submarine warfare | Dutch Naval Design consortiumDEMCON unmanned systems[162] | – | – | From 2028 | In development | 12m (39feet) | [163] USV development initiated in 2024[164] [165] | |
Light boats | ||||||||||||
FFI"Future Fast Interceptor" | 13 | Not selected yet | – | RHIB boarding craft(rigid hull inflatable boat) | Not selected yet | – | – | – | Financing and quantity approved, to be selected | – | [166] [167] replacement decided, successor to be selected. | |
Combat support ship (1) | ||||||||||||
Den Helder class | 1 | Romania (Hull) Netherlands (Fitting out) | Artist impression | Damen Schelde Naval ShipbuildingDamen Shipyards Galați | A834 | Construction | 22,595 tonnes | [168] [169] |
Class | Planned | Origin | Picture | Type | Builder | Planned Comm. | Displacement / length | Notes | |
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Frigates (4) | |||||||||
Future Air Defender | 4 | Netherlands (Potentially other nations) | Artist impression | Guided-missiles frigate (air defence) | Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding(Potential other nations) | 2034 - 41 | < 9,000 tonnes | Programme launched in 2024, to become the successor of the, first planned to be commissioned in 2034, to enter service in 2036[170] [171] | |
Multirole combat ships | |||||||||
ATS ProgrammeAmfibische Transport Schip | 6 | Netherlands (Potentially United Kingdom with Multi Role Support Ship) | Artist impression | Multirole OPV (offshore patrol vessel) LPD (landing platform dock) | Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding(Potentially with the UK) | – | [172] [173] To replace
Candidate:
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Amphibious warfare (20 landing crafts) | |||||||||
LCM class Littoral Craft Mobility | 8 | Netherlands (Likely with United Kingdom with Multi Role Support Ship)[175] | – | Landing craft | Not selected yet | 2028 - 29 | – | [176] Succeeding to the LCVP Mk.V (NL), to be selected. | |
LAC classLittoral Assault Craft | 12 | Netherlands (Likely with United Kingdom with Multi Role Support Ship) | – | Landing craft | Not selected yet | 2025 - 27 | – | Succeeding to the LCVP Mk.V (NL), to be selected. | |
Support vessels | |||||||||
MICAN programme"Modular Integrated Capability for ACDF and North Sea" Formerly TRIFIC programme (The Rapidly Increased Firepower Capability) | 2 | Not selected yet | Artist impression | Low manned surface vessel(likely COTS offshore supply vessels) | Not selected yet | – | 60m (200feet) – 70m (230feet) | [177] Vessel that would be equipped with a platform for mission containers:[178] [179] | |
Miscellaneous auxiliary ships | |||||||||
Auxiliary ship replacement programmeOffshore | 4 | Netherlands | Artist impression | Training ship,submarine support ship, or hydrographic survey | Damen Group,Royal IHC, or Thecla Bodewes | – | – | [180] Winning shipyard to be announced in 2024.[181] Successor of: (LSS), (submarine support), (hydrographic survey), (training ship) | |
Diving support | |||||||||
Auxiliary ship replacement programmeCoastal | 4 | Netherlands | Artist impression | Diving support vessel | Damen Group,Royal IHC, or Thecla Bodewes | – | – | Winning shipyard to be announced in 2024. Successor of: ship and the diving support vessels |
https://www.knrm.nl/images/downloads/2024-KNM-010-KNRM-Jaarverslag-2023-Compleet-v01b-ONLINE.pdf