Royal Netherlands Navy 18904-1968: HNLMS Koningin Regentes, De Ruyter, Hertog Hendrik The three Koningin Regentes class Coast Defence Ships (pantserschep) were a net improvement over the earlier Eversten class, themselves the fruit of an important modernization effort of the Royal Dutch Netherlands Navy (Koninklijke Marine). They were larger, faster, much better armed than the Eversten, … Read more
The Netherlands – 1893-1920: HRMS Kortenar, Evertsen, Piet Hein The three Evertsen class were the first Dutch Netherland’s Navy modern coastal battleships, built after a long line of monitors. Built in 1893-96, they played their role as deterrent before WWI and started to be decommissioned in 1913, 1914, and 1920 for HRMS Kortenaer, as a … Read more
The Netherlands – 1895-97: HNLMS Holland, Zeeland, Friesland, Gelderland, Noordbrabant, Utrecht. The Dutch Apollo-like cruisers after the Apollo class cruisers of 1890. In 1886, the Dutch naval staff planned an ambitious new class of six ships to serve as long range commerce raiders, in distant stations like i the East Indies, but morever to take … Read more
