List of cruisers of the Netherlands

The following is a list of cruisers of the Netherlands grouped by type.

Unprotected cruiser

Ship	Armament	Armor	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
Ship	Armament	Armor	Displacement	Propulsion	Laid down	Commissioned	Fate
Sumatra	1 × 8.2 in (21 cm) gun 1 × 5.9 in (15 cm) gun 2 × 4.7 in (12 cm) guns	40 mm (2 in)	1,693 tons	2,350 ihp (1,752 kW)	26 April 1890	1 April 1891	Sold for scrap, 1907

Ship	Armament	Armor	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
Ship	Armament	Armor	Displacement	Propulsion	Laid down	Commissioned	Fate
Koningin Wilhelmina der Nederlanden	1 × 11 in (28 cm) gun 1 × 8.2 in (21 cm) gun 2 × 6.7 in (17 cm) guns 4 × 3 in (7.6 cm) guns	50 mm (2.0 in)	4,530 tons	4,600 ihp (3,430 kW)	22 October 1892	17 April 1894	Scrapped in 1910

Ship	Armament	Armor	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
Ship	Armament	Armor	Displacement	Propulsion	Laid down	Commissioned	Fate
Holland	2 × 5.9 in (15 cm) guns 6 × 4.7 in (12 cm) guns 4 × 3 in (7.6 cm) guns	50 mm (2.0 in)	3,900 tons	10,000 ihp (7,457 kW), two shafts	1895	1 July 1898	Scrapped, 1920?
Zeeland					1895	1 June 1898	Scrapped, 1924?
Friesland					1895	16 January 1898	Scrapped, 1913?
Gelderland			4,033 tons		1 November 1897	15 July 1900	Sunk by Russian aircraft on 16 July 1944 while in German service
Noordbrabant					31 August 1897	1 March 1900	Scuttled on 17 May 1940
Utrecht					1897	1 March 1901	Scrapped, 1913?

Ship	Armament	Armor	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
Ship	Armament	Armor	Displacement	Propulsion	Laid down	Commissioned	Fate
Java	10 × 15 cm (5.9 in) guns	25–50 mm (0.98–1.97 in)	6,670 tons standard 8,087 tons full load	3 shafts, 3 steam turbines, 73,000 shp (54,436 kW)	31 May 1916	1 May 1925	Sunk during the Battle of the Java Sea on 27 February 1942
Sumatra			6,670 tons standard 8,087 tons full load		15 July 1916	26 May 1926	Scuttled off the coast of Normandy on 9 June 1944
Celebes			Slightly larger than the other two ships		Cancelled

Ship	Armament	Armor	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
Ship	Armament	Armor	Displacement	Propulsion	Laid down	Commissioned	Fate
De Ruyter	7 × 15 cm (5.9 in) guns	30 mm (1.2 in)	6,442 tons standard 7,822 tons full load	2 shafts, 3 steam turbines, 66,000 shp (49,216 kW)	16 September 1933	3 October 1936	Sunk during the Battle of the Java Sea on 28 February 1942

HNLMS Tromp (1937) - Decommissioned in 1955, sold for scrap in 1969
HNLMS Jacob van Heemskerck (1939) - completed as an anti-aircraft cruiser^[1] - Decommissioned in 1969, sold for scrap in 1970

HNLMS De Ruyter (C801) (1944) - completed as an anti-aircraft cruiser^[2] - Sold to Peru in 1973 and renamed Almirante Grau
HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën (C802) (1950) - completed as an anti-aircraft cruiser^[2] - Sold to Peru in 1976 and renamed Aguirre

^ Friedman, Norman "Anti-Aircraft Cruisers: The Life of a Class" United States Naval Institute Proceedings January 1965 p.96
^ ^a ^b Friedman, Norman "Anti-Aircraft Cruisers: The Life of a Class" United States Naval Institute Proceedings January 1965 p.97