List of cruisers of the Netherlands

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

Unprotected cruiser

 * Atjeh class
 * Atjeh (1876)
 * Tromp (1877)
 * Koningin Emma der Nederlanden (ex-De Ruyter) (1879) - Captured by Germany 14-5-1940, scuttled ~1943
 * De Ruyter (1880)
 * Van Speyk (1882)
 * Johan Willem Friso (1886)

Protected cruiser

 * Sumatra (1890) - BU 1907
 * Koningin Wilhelmina der Nederlanden (1892) - BU 1910
 * Holland class
 * Holland (1896) - BU 1920
 * Zeeland (1897) - BU 1924
 * Friesland (1896) - BU 1913
 * Gelderland (1898) - Captured by Germany 1940, renamed Niobe 1943/44, bombed 16-7-1944, BU 1952-53
 * Noord-Brabant (1899) - Stricken 1920, fire 17-5-1940, BU ~1940
 * Utrecht (1898) - BU 1913

Light cruisers

 * Java class
 * Sumatra (1920) - Scuttled as a breakwater at Mulberry harbour during the D-day landings, 9-6-1944
 * Java (1921) - Sunk at the Battle of the Java Sea, 27-2-1942
 * HNLMS Celebes - Planned but never completed
 * De Ruyter class
 * HNLMS De Ruyter (1935) - Sunk at the Battle of the Java Sea, 1942
 * Tromp class
 * HNLMS Tromp (1937) - Decommissioned in 1955, sold for scrap in 1969
 * Jacob van Heemskerk (1939) - completed as an anti-aircraft cruiser - Decommissioned in 1969, sold for scrap in 1970
 * Zeven Provinciën class
 * HNLMS De Ruyter (1944) - completed as an anti-aircraft cruiser - Sold to Peru in 1973 and renamed Almirante Grau
 * Zeven Provinciën (1950) - completed as an anti-aircraft cruiser - Sold to Peru in 1976 and renamed Aguirre