Ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy
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This article contains lists of current and historically notable Ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy.
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[edit] Current ships
The following are currently ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy:
- Naval squadron
- De Zeven Provinciën (LCF) class frigates (air defence and command frigates)
- Karel Doorman (M) class frigates (multipurpose frigates)
- Karel Doorman (F827)
- Willem van der Zaan (F829)
- Tjerk Hiddes (F830)
- Van Amstel (F831)
- Abraham van der Hulst (F832) (sold to Chile and renamed Almirante Blanco Encalada)
- Van Nes (F833) (sold to Portugal/delivery in 1 December 2008)
- Van Galen (F834) (sold to Portugal/delivery in 1 November 2009)
- Van Speijk (F828)
- Jacob van Heemskerck (L) class frigates
- Jacob van Heemskerck (F812) (sold to Chile and renamed Almirante Latorre)
- Witte de With (F813)
- Amphibious Transport Ships (Landing Platform Dock (LPD))
- Rotterdam (L800)
- Johan de Witt (L801) (To be commissioned in 2007.)
- Replenishment Ships
- Amsterdam (A836)
- Zuiderkruis (A832)
- Submarine service
- Walrus class submarines
- Walrus (S802)
- Zeeleeuw (S803)
- Dolfijn (S808)
- Bruinvis (S810)
- Mercuur (A900) (Torpedo recovery ship.)
- Walrus class submarines
- Mine Detection and Clearing Service
- Mine hunters
- Diving support vessels
- Cerberus (A851)
- Argus (A852)
- Nautilus (A853)
- Hydra (A854)
- Hydrographical Survey
- Two hydrographical survey ships
- Snellius (A802)
- Luymes (A803)
- Two hydrographical survey ships
- Other ships
- Van Kinsbergen (A902) (Naval training vessel.)
- Urania (Y8050) (Sailing naval training vessel.)
- Five large tugs.
- Seven harbour tugs.
- Seventeen landing craft (Used by the Netherlands Marine Corps.)
- Coast Guard
- Netherlands Coast Guard
- Although the Coast Guard is not officially part of the Navy, it is under its operational control. It does not have any ships of its own but uses vessels that have been assigned to it by other government ministries.
- Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Coast Guard
- Four patrol boats.
- Six inshore patrol boats.
- Three cutters.
- Netherlands Coast Guard
[edit] Historic ships
The following are historically notable ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy:
- Abraham Crijnssen
- De Ruyter
- Jacob van Heemskerk
- Java
- Karel Doorman
- Piet Hein
- Tromp
- Flores and Sumba
- Linieschip Delft (1783 - 1797) Reconstructed in Rotterdam (Delfshaven)
- Submarines:
- O-19
- O-20
[edit] Royal Netherlands Navy ship prefix
In Dutch, ships are given the prefix "Harer Majesteits" ("her majesty's", abbreviated as "Hr.Ms.") or "Zijner Majesteits" ("his majesty's", abbreviated "Zr.Ms."). In English, the Dutch prefix is translated as "HNLMS" for "Her/His Netherland Majesty's Ship".
Some authors translate Hr./Zr.Ms. as "HNMS" but that abbreviation is ambiguous: the "N" might stand for "Netherlands" or "Norway". The most common way to avoid this ambiguity is to use "HNLMS" and "HNoMS" respectively.
