The following is a list of cruisers of the Netherlands grouped by type.
Unprotected cruiser
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- 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 cruiserEdit
- 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 cruisersEdit
- 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[1] - Decommissioned in 1969, sold for scrap in 1970
- Zeven Provinciën class
- HNLMS De Ruyter (1944) - completed as an anti-aircraft cruiser[2] - Sold to Peru in 1973 and renamed Almirante Grau
- Zeven Provinciën (1950) - completed as an anti-aircraft cruiser[2] - Sold to Peru in 1976 and renamed Aguirre
ReferencesEdit
See alsoEdit
- List of monitors of the Netherlands
- List of battleships of the Netherlands
- List of ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy
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