List of cruisers of the Netherlands explained

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

Unprotected cruiser

• • 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

Koningin Wilhelmina der Nederlanden

Holland class

See main article: Holland-class cruiser.

Ship	Armament	Armor	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
					Laid down	Commissioned	Fate
	2 × 5.9inches guns 6 × 4.7inches guns 4 × 3inches guns	50mm	3,900 tons	10000ihp, two shafts	1895	1 July 1898	Scrapped, 1920?
					1895	1 June 1898	Scrapped, 1924?
					1895	16 January 1898	Scrapped, 1913?
			4,033 tons		1 November 1897	15 July 1900	Sunk by Russian aircraft on 16 July 1944 while in German service
					31 August 1897	1 March 1900	Scuttled on 17 May 1940
					1897	1 March 1901	Scrapped, 1913?

Light cruisers

Java class

See main article: Java-class cruiser.

Ship	Armament	Armor	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
					Laid down	Commissioned	Fate
	10 × 15cm (06inches) guns	25mm50mm	6,670 tons standard 8,087 tons full load	3 shafts, 3 steam turbines, 73000lk=inNaNlk=in	31 May 1916	1 May 1925	Sunk during the Battle of the Java Sea on 27 February 1942
					15 July 1916	26 May 1926	Scuttled off the coast of Normandy on 9 June 1944
Celebes			Slightly larger than the other two ships		Cancelled

De Ruyter

Tromp class

See main article: Tromp-class cruiser.

• - Decommissioned in 1955, sold for scrap in 1969
• - completed as an anti-aircraft cruiser^[1] - Decommissioned in 1969, sold for scrap in 1970

De Zeven Provinciën class

See main article: De Zeven Provinciën-class cruiser.

• (1944) - completed as an anti-aircraft cruiser^[2] - Sold to Peru in 1973 and renamed Almirante Grau
• (1950) - completed as an anti-aircraft cruiser^[2] - 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

Notes and References

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