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The Royal Netherlands Navy (Dutch: Koninklijke Marine, pronounced [ˈkoːnɪŋkləkə maːˈrinə]) is the maritime service branch of the Netherlands Armed Forces. [3] [4] It was founded on 8 January 1488, [5] making it the third-oldest naval force in the world.
The Royal Netherlands Marine Corps (Dutch: Korps Mariniers) is the elite naval infantry corps of the Royal Netherlands Navy, [1] one of the four Armed Forces of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. [2] The marines trace their origins to the establishment of the Regiment de Marine on 10 December 1665, [ 1 ] [ 3 ] by the then grand pensionary of the ...
The service branches are supplemented by various joint support organizations. In addition, local conscript forces exist on the Dutch Caribbean islands of Aruba and Curaçao. These operate under the auspices of the Royal Netherlands Navy and the Netherlands Marine Corps. The armed forces are part of the Ministry of Defence.
Offshore patrol vessel (1 borrowed from the Navy) West Indies Guard Ship (WIGS) 1 Romania (Hull) Netherlands (Fitting out) OPV: Damen Shipyards Galați, Damen Schelde. Holland class – – 3,750 tonnes [63] Rotation od the Royal Netherlands Navy every 4 to 6 months in support of the Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard. Most often Holland class ship ...
Naval squadrons 320 and 321 were disbanded. [5] In 2008, the navy helicopters (Westland Lynx) and crews of naval squadrons 7 and 860 based at NAS de Kooy were transferred to the Defence Helicopter Command (DHC) as were the Dutch Air Force helicopters. All Dutch military helicopters are now under one single command which is neither navy nor air ...
Ships of the line of the Dutch Republic (23 P) Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Royal Netherlands Navy (2 C, 14 P)
HNLMS Karel Doorman (Dutch: Zr.Ms. Karel Doorman) is a multi-function support ship for amphibious operations of the Royal Netherlands Navy, which is also used by the German Navy. [1] [2] The ship replaced both of the navy's replenishment oilers: HNLMS Zuiderkruis (scrapped in February 2014) and HNLMS Amsterdam (sold to Peru in December 2014). [3]
HNLMS De Ruyter (Dutch: Hr.Ms. De Ruyter) was a light cruiser of the Royal Netherlands Navy. She was the seventh ship of the Dutch Navy to be named after Admiral Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter . De Ruyter was originally designed as a 5,000 long tons (5,080 t) ship with a lighter armament due to the financial problems of the Great Depression and ...