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The Royal Netherlands Navy (Dutch: Koninklijke Marine) is the maritime service branch of the Netherlands Armed Forces. [2][3] It was founded on 8 January 1488, [4] making it the third-oldest naval force in the world. During the 17th century, the navy of the Dutch Republic (1581–1795) was one of the most powerful naval forces in the world and ...
Navy combat fleet. Auxiliary fleet. Coast Guard – Active fleet. Toggle Coast Guard – Active fleet subsection. Vessels. Dutch coast guard fleet. Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard. KNRM (Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Institution) Future fleet.
The 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 Dutch ...
The Royal Netherlands Air Force (Dutch: Koninklijke Luchtmacht) is the military aviation branch of the Netherlands Armed Forces and is led by the Commander of the Royal Netherlands Air Force (Commandant Luchtstrijdkrachten). The Air Force operates a diverse fleet of fixed-wing and rotary aircraft, in addition to operating and maintaining ...
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 (1935) HNLMS. De Ruyter. (1935) Sunk by heavy cruiser Haguro at battle of the Java Sea, February 27-28 1942. Later illegally salvaged. HNLMS De Ruyter (Dutch: Hr.Ms. De Ruyter) was a light cruiser of the Royal Netherlands Navy. She was originally designed as a 5,000 long tons (5,080 t) ship with a lighter armament due to ...
The Holland-class ocean-going patrol vessels are a class of four ocean-going patrol vessels constructed for the Royal Netherlands Navy.They are designed to fulfill patrol and intervention tasks against lightly armed opponents, such as pirates and smugglers, but have much higher level electronic and radar surveillance capabilities which are used for military stabilization and security roles ...
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) Sloops of the Royal Netherlands Navy (1 C, 5 P) Submarines of the Royal Netherlands Navy (17 C, 12 P)