List of cruisers of the Netherlands

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

Unprotected cruiser

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

Protected cruiser

Sumatra

Koningin Wilhelmina der Nederlanden

Holland class

Light cruisers

Java class

De Ruyter

Tromp class

• – Decommissioned in 1955, sold for scrap in 1969
• – completed as an anti-aircraft cruiser – Decommissioned in 1969, sold for scrap in 1970

De Zeven Provinciën class

• (1944) – completed as an anti-aircraft cruiser – Sold to Peru in 1973 and renamed Almirante Grau
• (1950) – completed as an anti-aircraft cruiser – Sold to Peru in 1976 and renamed Aguirre

See also

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

References

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