HNLMS Piet Hein (1894)

HNLMS Piet Hein (Hr.Ms. Piet Hein) was a Evertsen-class coastal defence ship of the Royal Netherlands Navy.

Design
The ship was 86.2 m long, had a beam of 14.33 m, a draught of 5.23 m, and had a displacement of 3,464 ton. The ship was equipped with 2 shaft reciprocating engines, which were rated at 4700 ihp and produced a top speed of 16 kn. The ship had a belt armour of 6 in and 9.5 in barbette armour. The main armament of the ship was three 8.2 in guns in a double and single turret. Secondary armament included two single 15 cm guns and six single 7.5 cm guns.

Service history
The ship was built at by Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij in Rotterdam and launched on 16 August 1894. The ship was commissioned on 3 January 1896. On 11 May 1896 during the harbor strikes in Rotterdam a ban on assembly was decreed. Two days later HNLMS Kortenaer (1894) patrols the Meuse. The ship was later relieved by her sister ships HNLMS Evertsen (1894), Piet Hein and the police schooner Argus. 300 grenadiers were deployed during the strikes. The strikes were ended on 21 may.

In 1900 the ships together with the HNLMS Holland (1896) and HNLMS Koningin Wilhelmina der Nederlanden was send to Shanghai to save guard European citizens and Dutch interests in the region during the Boxer Rebellion. Piet Hein returns in February 1901 to Soerabaja in the Dutch East Indies.

The ships is finally decommissioned in 1914.