Royal Netherlands Navy
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The Royal Netherlands Navy is the maritime service branch of the Netherlands Armed Forces. It traces its history to 8 January 1488, making it the third-oldest navy in the world.
The Battle of Scheveningen in 1653 during the First Anglo-Dutch War.
HNLMS Java, ca. 1941.
Piet de Jong, commanding officer of HNLMS Gelderland in 1958.
Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 in 2007 with HNLMS Evertsen second from the right.
Netherlands Armed Forces
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The Netherlands Armed Forces are the military forces of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The armed forces consist of four service branches: the Royal Netherlands Navy, the Royal Netherlands Army, the R
Royal Netherlands Navy
…The Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) (Dutch: Koninklijke Marine, pronounced , meaning 'Royal Navy') is the maritime service branch of the Netherlands Armed Forces. It traces its history to 8 January 1488, making it the third-oldest navy in the world. During the 17th and early 18th centuries, the Dutch States Navy…
Chief of Defence general Onno Eichelsheim during the acceptance ceremony of the command over the Netherlands Armed Forces, April 2021.
HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën during exercise At-Sea Demo/Formidable Shield 2021 on the Atlantic Ocean.
Troops of 11 Air Assault Brigade disembarking a CH-47D Chinook in Mali.
RNLASF F-35A Lightning II during cannon trials in October 2018.