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HNMS De Ruyter was a light cruiser in the Royal Netherlands Navy. With its sister ships HNMS Tromp and HNMS Jacob van Heemskerk, it was originally designed as a "squadron leader" since the term "cruiser" would not have been acceptable in the pacifist political climate in the Netherlands of the 1930s.

Commissioned in 1935, the ship was the 7th to be named after the famous Dutch admiral Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter in Dutch naval history.

During World War II the ship saw repeated action in the Dutch East Indies in fruitless attempts to ward off the Japanese invasion. During the Battle of the Java Sea, 1942, it was the flagship of the Dutch commander Karel Doorman, who went down with the ship when it was sunk by Japanese Long Lance torpedoes.

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HNLMS Abraham Crijnsseninsert image and caption here Career Ordered:?? Laid down: 21 March 1936 Launched: 22 September 1936 Commissioned: 27 May 1937 Fate: museum ship Decommissioned: 29 May 1961 General Characteristics Displacement:460 tons Length:56. 8 m (186 ft) Beam:7.	HNLMS JavaHNMS Java was a light cruiser in the Royal Netherlands Navy. Designed in 1916, she was already old-fashioned by the time she was commissioned in 1925. The Java saw action mostly in convoy duties during the Spanish Civil War and during World War II. She wa	HNLMS De RuyterHNMS De Ruyter was a light cruiser in the Royal Netherlands Navy. With its sister ships HNMS Tromp and HNMS Jacob van Heemskerk, it was originally designed as a "squadron leader" since the term "cruiser" would not have been acceptable in the pacifist poli
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