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

+ Key Armament The number and type of the primary armament Armor The thickness of the deck or belt armor Displacement Ship displacement at full combat load Propulsion Number of shafts, type of propulsion system, and top speed generated Cost Cost of the ship's construction Service The dates work began and finished on the ship and its ultimate fate Laid down The date the keel began to be assembled Commissioned The date the ship was commissioned

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 Ship Armament Armor Displacement Propulsion Service Laid down Commissioned Fate 1 × gun 1 × gun 2 × guns 1,693  tons 26 April 1890 1 April 1891 Sold, 1907

Koningin Wilhelmina der Nederlanden

Ship Armament Armor Displacement Propulsion Service Laid down Commissioned Fate 1 × gun 1 × gun2 × guns4 × guns 4,530  tons 22 October 1892 17 April 1894 Sold, 1910

Holland class

Ship Armament Armor Displacement Propulsion Service Laid down Commissioned Fate 2 × guns 6 × guns4 × guns 3,900 tons , two shafts 1895 1 July 1898 Stricken, 1920 1895 1 June 1898 Stricken, 1924 1895 16 January 1898 Stricken, 1913 4,033 tons 1 November 1897 15 July 1900 Sunk by Russian aircraft on 16 July 1944 while in German service 31 August 1897 1 March 1900 Scuttled on 17 May 1940 1897 1 March 1901 Scrapped, 1913

Light cruisers

Java class

Ship Armament Armor Displacement Propulsion Service Laid down Commissioned Fate 10 × guns 6,670 tons standard 8,087 tons full load 3 shafts, 3 steam turbines, 1916 1 May 1925 Sunk, Battle of Java Sea, 27 February 1916 26 May 1926 Scuttled, Operation Overlord, 9 June 1944 Celebes Slightly larger than the other two ships — —Canceled

De Ruyter

Ship Armament Armor Displacement Propulsion Service Laid down Commissioned Fate 7 × guns 6,442 tons standard 7,822 tons full load 2 shafts, 3 steam turbines, 16 September 1933 3 October 1936 Sunk during the Battle of the Java Sea on 28 February 1942

Tromp class

– Decommissioned in 1955, sold for scrap in 1969 – completed as an anti-aircraft cruiserFriedman, Norman "Anti-Aircraft Cruisers: The Life of a Class" United States Naval Institute Proceedings January 1965 p.96 – Decommissioned in 1969, sold for scrap in 1970

De Zeven Provinciën class

(1944) – completed as an anti-aircraft cruiserFriedman, Norman "Anti-Aircraft Cruisers: The Life of a Class" United States Naval Institute Proceedings January 1965 p.97 – 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

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