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

Ship	Armament	Armor	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
					Laid down	Commissioned	Fate
Sumatra	1 × 8.2 in (21 cm) 1 × 5.9 in (15 cm) 2 × 4.7 in (12 cm)	40 mm	1,693  tons	2,350 ihp (1,750 kW)	26 April 1890	1 April 1891	Scrapped in 1907?

Koningin Wilhelmina der Nederlanden

Koningin Wilhelmina der Nederlanden at Ambon.

Ship	Armament	Armor	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
					Laid down	Commissioned	Fate
Koningin Wilhelmina der Nederlanden	1 × 11 in (28 cm) 1 × 8.2 in (21 cm) 2 × 6.7 in (17 cm) 4 × 3 in (7.6 cm)	50 mm	4,530  tons	4,600 ihp (3,400 kW)	22 October 1892	17 April 1894	Scrapped in 1910

Holland class

Noordbrabant

Ship	Armament	Armor	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
					Laid down	Commissioned	Fate
Holland	2 × 5.9 in (15 cm) 6 × 4.7 in (12 cm) 4 × 3 in (7.6 cm)	50 mm (2.0 in)	3,900 tons	10,000 ihp (7,500 kW), two shafts	1895	1 July 1898	Scrapped, 1920?
Zeeland					1895	1 June 1898	Scrapped, 1924?
Friesland					1895	16 January 1898	Scrapped, 1913?
Gelderland			4,033 tons		1 November 1897	15 July 1900	Sunk by Russian aircraft on 16 July 1944 while in German service
Noordbrabant					31 August 1897	1 March 1900	Scuttled on 17 May 1940
Utrecht					1897	1 March 1901	Scrapped, 1913?

Light cruisers

Java class

Java

Ship	Armament	Armor	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
					Laid down	Commissioned	Fate
Java	10 × 15 cm (5.9 in)	25-50 mm (2.0 in)	6670 tons standard 8087 tons full load	3 shafts, 3 steam turbines, 73,000 shp (54,436 kW)	31 May 1916	1 May 1925	Sunk during the Battle of the Java Sea on 27 February 1942
Sumatra					15 July 1916	26 May 1926	Scuttled off the coast of Normandy on 9 June 1944
Celebes			Slightly larger than the other two ships		-	-	Cancelled

De Ruyter

De Ruyter

Ship	Armament	Armor	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
					Laid down	Commissioned	Fate
De Ruyter	7 × 15 cm (5.9 in)	30 mm	6442 tons standard 7822 tons full load	2 shafts, 3 steam turbines, 66,000 shp (49,216 kW)	16 September 1933	3 October 1936	Sunk during the Battle of the Java Sea on 28 February 1942

Tromp class

Main article Tromp-class

• HNLMS Tromp (1937) - Decommissioned in 1955, sold for scrap in 1969
• HNLMS Jacob van Heemskerk (1939) - completed as an anti-aircraft cruiser^[1] - Decommissioned in 1969, sold for scrap in 1970

De Zeven Provinciën class

Main article De Zeven Provinciën-class cruiser

• HNLMS De Ruyter (1944) - completed as an anti-aircraft cruiser^[2] - Sold to Peru in 1973 and renamed Almirante Grau
• HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën (1950) - completed as an anti-aircraft cruiser^[2] - Sold to Peru in 1976 and renamed Aguirre

References

1. Friedman, Norman "Anti-Aircraft Cruisers: The Life of a Class" United States Naval Institute Proceedings January 1965 p.96
2. Friedman, Norman "Anti-Aircraft Cruisers: The Life of a Class" United States Naval Institute Proceedings January 1965 p.97

See also

• List of monitors of the Netherlands
• List of battleships of the Netherlands
• List of ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy