HNLMS Overijssel (D815)

HNLMS Overijssel (D815) (Hr.Ms. Overijssel) was a destroyer of the. The ship was in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy from 1957 to 1982. The destroyer was named after the Dutch province of Overijssel and was the twelfth ship with this name. In 1982 the ship was taken out of service and sold to Peru where it was renamed Coronel Bolognesi.

Dutch service history
HNLMS Overijssel was one of eight s and was built at the Wilton-Fijenoord in Schiedam. The keel laying took place on 15 October 1953 and the launching on 8 August 1955. The ship was put into service on 4 October 1957.

On 8 June 1977 Overijssel, with the frigate HNLMS Tromp, the replenishment ship HNLMS Poolster and destroyer HNLMS Groningen, visited Leningrad. This was the first Dutch squadron to visit Leningrad in twenty one years.

The ship participated in a rescue mission on 13 and 14 August of the 1979 Fastnet race, the last of five races of the Admiral's Cup.

8 February 1982 the ship together with the frigates HNLMS Tromp, HNLMS Callenburgh (F808), HNLMS Van Speijk, HNLMS Piet Hein (F811) and the replenishment ship HNLMS Zuiderkruis (A832) departed from Den Helder for a trip to the USA to show the flag and for 200 years diplomatic relations. The ships returned to Den Helder on 19 May 1982.

On 11 June 1982 the vessel was decommissioned and sold to the Peruvian Navy.

Peruvian service history
The ship was put into service on 14 June 1982 where the ship was renamed Coronel Bolognesi and decommissioned in 1990.