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Royal Netherlands Navy / Koninklijke
Marine - Cruiser
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C 802
HNLMS De Zeven Provincien
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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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ship
images
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Amsterdam - 1958
Amsterdam - 1958
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Information & History |
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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): 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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