Dutch Navy 1890

HNLMS Prins Hendrik der Nederlanden (1866)

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Dutch Netherlands Navy. Ironclad turret ram ship (1867-1899). Another early turret design also built in Britain for another naval power was HNLMS Prins Hendrik der Nederlanden. It was called an ironclad “ramtorenschip” or “turret ram ship”. She was laid down at Laird & Sons in Birkenhead by August 1865 and transferred to the Dutch East … Read more

HNLMS Koning der Nederlanden (1874)

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The Netherlands, Coastal Battleship 1871-1897 HNLMS Koning der Nederlanden was an iron-hulled ironclad “ramtorenschip”, a turret ram ship built at Rijkswerf, Amsterdam in 1871-77. She was the largest ever of the Dutch Navy and remains so for that era, until the start of the century. She was a 5400t, 12 knots, Barque-rigged armoured ship protected … Read more