HNLMS Evertsen
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Seven ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy
have been named HNLMS Evertsen, after a family from Zeeland with many sea heroes:
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...
have been named HNLMS Evertsen, after a family from Zeeland with many sea heroes:
- Admiral Evertsen (1803–1814), cannon schoonerSchoonerA schooner is a type of sailing vessel characterized by the use of fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts with the forward mast being no taller than the rear masts....
; - Admiral Evertsen (1808–1819), ship-of-the-line;
- HNLMS Evertsen (1857–1921), frigateFrigateA frigate is any of several types of warship, the term having been used for ships of various sizes and roles over the last few centuries.In the 17th century, the term was used for any warship built for speed and maneuverability, the description often used being "frigate-built"...
with additional steam power, renamed to Neptunus (Neptune); - HNLMS Evertsen (1894–1914), armored ship;
- HNLMS Evertsen (EV) (1926–1942), torpedo-boat destroyer;
- HNLMS Evertsen (F803) (1946–1962), ex-Scourge, torpedo-boat destroyer;
- HNLMS Evertsen (F815) (1967–1989), Van Speijk-classVan Speijk class frigateThe Van Speijk class frigate were built for the Royal Netherlands Navy in the 1960s. They were versions of the British Leander class frigates with Dutch radars. The British design was chosen in order to enable rapid construction in order to replace elderly destroyer escorts. The ships were...
frigateFrigateA frigate is any of several types of warship, the term having been used for ships of various sizes and roles over the last few centuries.In the 17th century, the term was used for any warship built for speed and maneuverability, the description often used being "frigate-built"...
; - HNLMS Evertsen (F805)HNLMS Evertsen (F805)HNLMS Evertsen is the fourth De Zeven Provinciën class frigate of the Royal Netherlands Navy.Hr Ms Evertsen visited South Africa in late 2007 as part of a NATO task force on a friendship visit....
(2005— ), De Zeven Provinciën-classDe Zeven Provinciën class frigateThe De Zeven Provinciën class frigates are highly advanced air-defence and command frigates in service with the Koninklijke Marine . This class of ships is also known as LCF...
frigate.