ships of the royal netherlands navy

This article contains lists of current and historically notable Ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy.

Current ships

The following are currently ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy:

Naval squadron

De Zeven Provincin (LCF) class frigates (air defence and command frigates)

De Zeven Provincin (F802)
Tromp (F803)
De Ruyter (F804)
Evertsen (F805)

Karel Doorman (M) class frigates (multipurpose frigates)

Karel Doorman (F827)
Willem van der Zaan (F829)
Tjerk Hiddes (F830)
Van Amstel (F831)
Abraham van der Hulst (F832)
Van Nes (F833)
Van Galen (F834)
Van Speijk (F828)

Jacob van Heemskerck (L) class frigates

Jacob van Heemskerck (F812)
Witte de With (F813)

Amphibious Transport Ships (Landing Platform Dock (LPD))

Rotterdam (L800)
Johan de Witt (L801) (To be commissioned in 2007.)

Replenishment Ships

Amsterdam (A836)
Zuiderkruis (A832)

Submarine service

Walrus class submarines

Walrus (S802)
Zeeleeuw (S803)
Dolfijn (S808)
Bruinvis (S810)

Mercuur (A500) (Torpedo recovery ship.)

Mine Detection and Clearing Service

Mine hunters
Diving support vessels

Hydra
Nautilus
Cerberus
Argus

Hydrographical Survey

Two hydrographical survey ships

Snellius
Luymes

Other ships

Van Kinsbergen (Naval training vessel.)
Urania (Sailing naval training vessel.)
Five large tugs.
Seven harbour tugs.
Seventeen landing craft (Used by the Netherlands Marine Corps.)

Coast Guard

Netherlands Coast Guard

Although the Coast Guard 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.

Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Coast Guard

Four patrol boats.
Six inshore patrol boats.
Three cutters.

Historic ships

The following are historically notable ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy:

Royal Netherlands Navy ship prefix

In Dutch, ships are given the prefix "Harer 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.