HNLMS Limburg (D814)

HNLMS Limburg (D814) (Hr.Ms. Limburg) was a destroyer of the. The ship was in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy from 1956 to 1980. The destroyer was named after the Dutch province of Limburg and was the first ship with this name. In 1980 the ship was taken out of service and sold to Peru where it was renamed Capitan Quiñones. The ship's radio call sign was "PATM".

Dutch service history
HNLMS Limburg was one of eight s and was built at the KM de Schelde in Vlissingen. The keel laying took place on 28 November 1953 and the launching on 5 September 1955. The ship was put into service on 31 October 1956.

In 1962 during the West New Guinea dispute Limburg attack Indonesian planes during the defense of Netherlands New Guinea.

On 1 February 1980 the vessel was decommissioned and sold to the Peruvian Navy.

Peruvian service history
The ship was put into service on 27 June 1980 where the ship was renamed Capitan Quiñones and decommissioned in 1991.