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Netherlands – Royal
Netherlands Navy / Koninklijke Marine
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Cruiser
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C 802 HNLMS De Zeven Provincien
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HNLMS De Zeven Provincien (C 802)
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RNLN photo
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Type,
Class:
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Cruiser; De Zeven Provincien -
class |
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Builder:
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Rotterdamse Droogdok
Maatschappij (RDM), Rotterdam – (Rotterdam
Drydock & Shipbuilding, Rotterdam, The Netherlands) |
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STATUS:
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Laid down: May 19, 1939 Launched: August 22, 1950 Commissioned: December 17, 1953 Decommissioned:
October 17, 1975 Fate: transferred to Peru in 1976; renamed BAP Aguirre (C 84) – decommissioned in 1999; |
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Homeport:
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Ship’s
Motto:
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Technical Data:
(Measures, Propulsion, Armament,
Aviation, etc.)
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see: INFO
>> Cruiser
– De Zeven Provincien Class |
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more
info:
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see also: HNLMS
De Zeven Provincien (F 802) |
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LINK:
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Official Royal Netherlands Navy site |
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Pictures, photos
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Information
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The name De Zeven Provinciën
refers to the Seven Provinces which formed the Dutch Republic in 1581. |
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HNLMS De Zeven
Provinciën (C 802): |
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Construction started in
1939 as the HNLMS Kijkduin, but was interrupted by World War II. She was
renamed to HNLMS Eendracht in 1940 and HNLMS De Ruyter in 1945. Her sister
ship was launched in 1944 as the HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën, but the ships
swapped to their final names in 1950. She was completed in 1953 and served
the Royal Netherlands Navy from 1950 to 1977.
From May 3, 1962 until August 3, 1964 she was converted to a guided missile cruiser. The rear tower got replaced with a RIM-2 Terrier SAM
system. The De Zeven Provinciën was
sold to Peru and renamed BAP Aguirre in 1976, its RIM-2 Terrier SAM
was removed and replaced by an hangar and a flight deck for ASH-3D Sea King
helicopters. She was finally decommissioned in 1999. |
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