List of cruisers of the Netherlands
Introduction The following is a '''list of cruisers of the Netherlands''' grouped by type.
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 for scrap, 1907===''Koningin Wilhelmina der Nederlanden''===Ambon. 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 Scrapped in 1910===''Holland'' class===''Noordbrabant'' Ship Armament Armor Displacement Propulsion Service Laid down Commissioned Fate  2 ×  guns 6 ×  guns4 ×  guns  3,900 tons , two shafts 1895 1 July 1898 Scrapped, 1920? 1895 1 June 1898 Scrapped, 1924? 1895 16 January 1898 Scrapped, 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===''Java'' 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,  31 May 1916 1 May 1925 Sunk during the Battle of the Java Sea on 27 February 1942  15 July 1916 26 May 1926 Scuttled off the coast of Normandy on 9 June 1944 ''Celebes'' Slightly larger than the other two ships Cancelled===''De Ruyter''===''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 cruiser - Decommissioned in 1969, sold for scrap in 1970===''De Zeven Provinciën'' class===*  (1944) - completed as an anti-aircraft cruiser - 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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