The HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën (C802) was a De Zeven Provinciën class cruiser

De Zeven Provinciën class cruiser

The De Zeven Provinciën-class is a class of light cruisers. They were built by Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij and Wilton-Fijenoord for the Royal Netherlands Navy...

 with eight 152 mm cannons in double turrets, 8 × 57 mm and 8 × 40 mm machine guns. The rear turret was replaced in 1962 with a RIM-2 Terrier

RIM-2 Terrier

The Convair RIM-2 Terrier was a two-stage medium-range naval surface-to-air missile , and was among the earliest surface-to-air missiles to equip United States Navy ships. Originally, the Terrier had a launch thrust of 23 kN , and weight of 1392 kg...

 SAM system. She was 185.7 m long, had a beam of 17.25 m and a draft of 6.85 m. She displaced 12,250 t and could achieve a speed of 32.2 knots (63.1 km/h). She had a crew of 957.

Construction started in 1939 as the HNLMS Kijkduin, but was interrupted by World War II

World War II

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. She was renamed to HNLMS Eendracht in 1940 and HNLMS De Ruyter

HNLMS De Ruyter

HNLMS De Ruyter may refer to one of seven ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy named after Admiral Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter :...

 in 1945. Her sister ship was launched in 1944 as the HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën, but the ships swapped to their final names in 1950. She was completed in 1953 and served the Royal Netherlands Navy

Royal Netherlands Navy

The Koninklijke Marine is the navy of the Netherlands. In the mid-17th century the Dutch Navy was the most powerful navy in the world and it played an active role in the wars of the Dutch Republic and later those of the Batavian Republic and the Kingdom of the Netherlands...

 from 1950 to 1977. She was sold to Peru

Peru

Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....

 in August 1976 and was renamed BAP Aguirre (CH-84)

BAP Aguirre (CH-84)

BAP Aguirre ' was a De Ruyter-class cruiser in service with the Peruvian Navy. It was completed for the Royal Netherlands Navy in 1953 as HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën. After two decades in service, it was decommissioned in August 1976 and sold to Peru...

on 24 February 1978.