Unprotected cruiser

• Atjeh class
  Atjeh class
  The Atjeh class was a class of unprotected cruisers of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The class comprised Atjeh, Tromp, Koningin Emma der Nederlanden, De Ruyter, Van Speyk and Johan Willem Friso.-Dimensions and machinery:...
  
  
  • 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
  HNLMS Sumatra (1890)
  The Dutch cruiser HNLMS Sumatra was a small protected cruiser with a heavy main gun. The ship was named after the island of Sumatra in the Dutch East Indies...
  
  (1890) - BU 1907
• Koningin Wilhelmina der Nederlanden
  HNLMS Koningin Wilhelmina Der Nederlanden
  HNLMS Koningin Wilhelmina Der Nederlanden was a unique protected cruiser of the Royal Netherlands Navy build by NSM Amsterdam.-Design:The ship was long, had a beam of , a draught of , and had a displacement of 4,530 ton. The ship had engines and produced a top speed of .It had deck armour. The...
  
  (1892) - BU 1910
• Holland class
  Holland class cruiser
  The Holland class was a class of six pantserdekschepen of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The class was built in two groups, each consisting of three ships.-Dimensions and machinery:...
  
  
  • 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
  • Noordbrabant (1899) - Stricken 1920, fire 17-5-1940, BU ~1940
  • Utrecht (1898) - BU 1913

Light cruiser

Light cruiser

A light cruiser is a type of small- or medium-sized warship. The term is a shortening of the phrase "light armored cruiser", describing a small ship that carried armor in the same way as an armored cruiser: a protective belt and deck...

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• Java class
  Java class cruiser
  The Java class was a class of light cruisers of the Royal Netherlands Navy, named after the island of Java in the Dutch East Indies . Originally, three ships were planned: HNLMS Java, HNLMS Sumatra, and HNLMS Celebes...
  
  
  • Sumatra (1920) - Scuttled as a breakwater at Mulberry harbour
    Mulberry harbour
    A Mulberry harbour was a British type of temporary harbour developed in World War II to offload cargo on the beaches during the Allied invasion of Normandy....
    
     during the D-day landings, 9-6-1944
  • Java (1921) - Sunk at the Battle of the Java Sea
    Battle of the Java Sea
    The Battle of the Java Sea was a decisive naval battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, that sealed the fate of the Netherlands East Indies....
    
    , 27-2-1942
  • HNLMS Celebes - Planned but never completed
• De Ruyter class
  De Ruyter class cruiser
  The De Ruyter class was a class of light cruisers of the Royal Netherlands Navy, named after the famous Dutch admiral Michiel de Ruyter. It was designed during the Great Depression, which, in addition to being a period of economical depression, was also a period in which pacifism was widespread in...
  
  
  • HNLMS De Ruyter
    HNLMS De Ruyter (1935)
    HNLMS De Ruyter was a light cruiser of the Royal Netherlands Navy, the lead ship of her class. She was originally designed as a ship with a lighter armament due to financial problems and the pacifist movement. Later in the design stage, an extra gun turret was added and the armor was improved...
    
     (1935) - Sunk at the Battle of the Java Sea
    Battle of the Java Sea
    The Battle of the Java Sea was a decisive naval battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, that sealed the fate of the Netherlands East Indies....
    
    , 1942
• Tromp class
  Tromp class cruiser
  The Tromp-class was a class of light cruisers of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The hull shape was also known as the Argonaut 600. Originally the ships could not be called "cruiser" for political reasons...
  
  
  • HNLMS Tromp
    HNLMS Tromp (1937)
    HNLMS Tromp was the lead ship of the Tromp-class light cruisers of the Royal Netherlands Navy during and after World War II.Originally designated as a flotilla leader and a torpedo cruiser in the Deckers Fleet Plan of 1931, she was laid down at the "Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij" ,...
    
     (1937) - Decommissioned in 1955, sold for scrap in 1969
  • Jacob van Heemskerk
    HNLMS Jacob van Heemskerk
    HNLMS Jacob van Heemskerck was a Tromp-class light cruiser of the Royal Netherlands Navy, named after Admiral Jacob van Heemskerk ....
    
     (1939) - completed as an anti-aircraft cruiser - Decommissioned in 1969, sold for scrap in 1970
• Zeven Provinciën class
  • HNLMS De Ruyter (1944) - completed as an anti-aircraft cruiser - 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 1973 and renamed Almirante Grau
  • Zeven Provinciën
    HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën (C802)
    The HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën was a De Zeven Provinciën class cruiser 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 SAM system. She was 185.7 m long, had a beam of 17.25 m and a...
    
    (1950) - completed as an anti-aircraft cruiser - Sold to Peru in 1976 and renamed Aguirre