Laid down 5 September 1939 Status Scrapped in 2000 Launched 19 December 1941 Draft 6.72 m | Commissioned 18 November 1953 Construction started 5 September 1939 Length 187 m Beam 17 m | |
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Name HLNMS De Zeven Provinciën Fate Sold to Peruvian Navy in August 1976 Class and type De Zeven Provinciën-class cruiser Builder Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij | ||
HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën was a De Zeven Provinciën-class cruiser of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Laid down in 1939, construction was interrupted by World War II and the ship was only commissioned in 1953 with the identification number C802. She served until 1976 when she was purchased by Peru and renamed Aguirre. With the Peruvian Navy she served until 1999 and was scrapped in 2000.
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Design
De Zeven Provinciën was armed with eight 152 mm (6.0 in) guns in double turrets, 8 × 57 mm and 8 × 40 mm machine guns. The rear turret was replaced in 1962 with a RIM-2 Terrier SAM system. She was 185.7 m (609 ft) long, had a beam of 17.25 m (56.6 ft) and a draft of 6.85 m (22.5 ft). She displaced 12,250 t and could achieve a speed of 32.2 kn (59.6 km/h; 37.1 mph). She had a crew of 957.
History
Construction started in 1939 as Kijkduin, but was interrupted by World War II. She was renamed Eendracht in 1940 and De Ruyter in 1945. Her sister ship was launched in 1944 as De Zeven Provinciën, but the ships swapped to their final names in 1950. She was completed in 1953 and served the Royal Netherlands Navy from 1950 to 1977. She was sold to Peru in August 1976 and was renamed BAP Aguirre on 24 February 1978.