List of active Royal Netherlands Navy ships

HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën (F802)

This article list active ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy.

Naval squadron

De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate

NOTE: These ships are really destroyers in terms of size and strength and considered as such by other navies.

Ship	Type	Builder	Commissioned	Origin	Displacement (tonnes)	Speed (knots)	Photo
De Zeven Provinciën (F802)	Destroyer	Schelde Naval Shipbuilding	April 26, 2002	Netherlands	6,050	29
Tromp (F803)	Destroyer	Schelde Naval Shipbuilding	March 14, 2003	Netherlands	6,050	29	120px
De Ruyter (F804)	Destroyer	Schelde Naval Shipbuilding	April 22, 2004	Netherlands	6,050	29
Evertsen (F805)	Destroyer	Schelde Naval Shipbuilding	June 10, 2005	Netherlands	6,050	29

Karel Doorman-class frigate (multipurpose frigates)

Ship	Type	Builder	Commissioned	Origin	Displacement (tonnes)	Speed (knots)	Note	Photo
Van Amstel (F831)	Frigate	Schelde Naval Shipbuilding	1993	Netherlands	3,320	29	In service	120px
Van Speijk (F828)	Frigate	Schelde Naval Shipbuilding	1995	Netherlands	3,320	29	In service

Holland-class offshore patrol vessels

The Holland class Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) will fulfill patrol and intervention tasks against lightly armed opponents, such as pirates and smugglers.

There has been discussion about the armament of the Holland class, officially the ship is being fitted with armament as shown in the fact files, however the class carries an exceptionally advanced radar system for just patrol tasks. This indicates that maybe in the future, if needed, the ship can be equipped with heavier weapon systems such as missiles.

Ship	Type	Builder	Commissioned	Origin	Displacement (tonnes)	Speed (knots)	Photo
Holland (P840)	Patrol Vessel	Schelde Naval Shipbuilding	6 July 2012	Netherlands	3,750	21.5	120px
Zeeland (P841)	Patrol Vessel	Schelde Naval Shipbuilding	2013	Netherlands	3,750	21.5	120px
Friesland (P842)	Patrol Vessel	Schelde Naval Shipbuilding	22 January 2013	Netherlands/Romania	3,750	21.5	120px
Groningen (P843)	Patrol Vessel	Schelde Naval Shipbuilding	2014	Netherlands/Romania	3,750	21.5	120px

Rotterdam-class amphibious transport dock

Ship	Type	Builder	Commissioned	Origin	Displacement (tonnes)	Speed (knots)	Photo
Rotterdam (L800)	Landing Platform Dock	Schelde Naval Shipbuilding	1998	Netherlands	12,750	20
Johan de Witt (L801)	Landing Platform Dock	Schelde Naval Shipbuilding	2007	Netherlands	16,500	19

Joint Support Ship

The Karel Doorman is a multi-function ship for amphibious operations. It has a large helicopter deck with two landing spots and a roll-on/roll-off deck. It is the main support ship, along with the two Rotterdam-class LPDs, of the Royal Netherlands Navy.

The ship has command rooms for war staffs and a large hospital room with 20 treatment rooms. With this ship, the amphibious plan for the navy is complete with two LPDs and one Joint Support Ship.

Ship	Type	Builder	Commissioned	Origin	Displacement (tonnes)	Speed (knots)	Photo
Karel Doorman (A833)	Joint Logistic Support Ship	Schelde Naval Shipbuilding	2014	Netherlands/Romania	27,800 long tons 28,246 full load	18	120px

Submarine service

Walrus (S802) was laid down on 11 October 1979 and launched on 28 October 1985. Completion was delayed because of damage caused by fire in 14 August 1986.

Ship	Type	Builder	Commissioned	Origin	Displacement (tonnes)	Speed (knots)	Photo
Walrus (S802)	Submarine	Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij (RDM)	1992	Netherlands	2,800	20	120px
Zeeleeuw (S803)	Submarine	Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij (RDM)	1990	Netherlands	2,800	20
Dolfijn (S808)	Submarine	Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij (RDM)	1993	Netherlands	2,800	20	120px
Bruinvis (S810)	Submarine	Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij (RDM)	1994	Netherlands	2,800	20	120px

Mine Detection and Clearing Service

M856)

• Tripartite class minehunters
  • Makkum (M857)
  • Schiedam (M860)
  • Urk (M861)
  • Zierikzee (M862)
  • Vlaardingen (M863)
  • Willemstad (M864)

• Diving support vessels
  • Cerberus (A851)
  • Argus (A852)
  • Nautilus (A853)
  • Hydra (A854)

Hydrographical Survey Ships

• Snellius (A802)
• Luymes (A803)

Other ships

• Mercuur (A900) (torpedo training ship)
• Van Kinsbergen (A902) (Naval training vessel)
• Urania (Y8050) (Sailing naval training vessel)

Tugs

• Linge (A874)
• Regge (A875)
• Hunze (A876)
• Rotte (A877)
• Gouwe (A878)

• Breezand (Y8018)
• Balgzand (Y8019)

Harbour Patrol Vessels

• HNLMS Noorderhaaks
• HNLMS Zuiderhaaks

• 17 landing craft (Used by the Netherlands Marine Corps)

Coast Guard

• Netherlands Coastguard
  • Although the Coastguard is not officially part of the Navy, it is under its operational control. It does not have any ships of its own but uses vessels that have been assigned to it by other government ministries.
• Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten and Caribbean Netherlands Coastguard
  • 4 patrol boats
  • 6 inshore patrol boats
  • 3 cutters

Royal Netherlands Navy ship prefix

In Dutch, ships are given the prefix "Hare Majesteits" ("her majesty's", abbreviated as "Hr.Ms.") or "Zijner Majesteits" ("his majesty's", abbreviated "Zr.Ms."). In English, the Dutch prefix is translated as "HNLMS" for "Her/His Netherland Majesty's Ship".

Some authors translate Hr./Zr.Ms. as "HNMS" but that abbreviation is ambiguous: the "N" might stand for "Netherlands" or "Norway". The most common way to avoid this ambiguity is to use "HNLMS" and "HNoMS" respectively.

See also

• Royal Netherlands Navy
• Netherlands Marine Corps
• Pantserschip
• List of battleships of the Netherlands
• List of cruisers of the Netherlands
• List of destroyers of the Netherlands
• List of frigates of the Netherlands
• List of minesweepers of the Royal Netherlands Navy
• List of monitors of the Netherlands
• List of submarines of the Netherlands