HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën (1909)
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| Name: | De Zeven Provinciën |
| Namesake: | Seven Provinces |
| Builder: | Rijkswerf, Amsterdam |
| Laid down: | 7 February 1908 |
| Launched: | 15 March 1909 |
| Commissioned: | 6 October 1910 |
| Renamed: | Soerabaja (1936) |
| Fate: | Sunk by aerial attack 18 February 1942 |
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| Name: | Unknown |
| Acquired: | Salvaged in 1942 and used as a battery ship |
| Fate: | Sunk in 1943 by Allied aircraft |
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| Type: | Coastal defence ship |
| Displacement: | 6,530 tons |
| Length: | 101.5 m (333 ft 0 in) |
| Beam: | 17.1 m (56 ft 1 in) |
| Draught: | 6.15 m (20 ft 2 in) |
| Propulsion: | 8,000 hp (6,000 kW), two shafts |
| Speed: | 16 knots (30 km/h) |
| Complement: | 452 |
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HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën (Dutch: Hr. Ms. De Zeven Provinciën, Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦaːrər ˈmaːjəstɛits də ˈzeːvə(n) proːˈvɪnsiə(n)]) was an armoured warship (pantserschip) of the Royal Netherlands Navy from 1910 to 1942.
De Zeven Provinciën was a pantserschip (or "coastal defence ship"), a warship built for the purpose of defending the seas close to land, defined as "a small cruiser-sized warship which sacrificed speed and range for armour and armament". To the chagrin of the Dutch, the construction of such ships was ascribed by bigger naval powers to "nations which could not afford battleships or which needed specially-suited shallow-draught vessels small enough to operate close to their coasts". She was armed with two 283 mm (11.1-inch), four 150 mm (6 in), ten 75 mm (3 in) and four 37 mm (1.5 in) guns. She also had a 75 mm mortar. She was 101.5 metres (333 ft) long, had a beam of 17.1 m and a draft of 6.15 m, and displaced 6,530 t. She had a crew of 448 and was able to reach 16 knots.
She served part of her career in the Dutch East Indies, from 1911 to 1918 and from 1921 onwards. During the 1920s, her crew included the future Rear Admiral Karel Doorman. She suffered a high-profile mutiny on 5 February 1933, which had far-reaching implications for politics in the Netherlands. She was renamed Soerabaja in 1936.
On 18 February 1942, Soerabaja was sunk by Japanese bombers. The Japanese raised her and used her as a battery ship until she was sunk again by Allied aircraft in 1943.
The ship was launched and christened at the Rijkswerf in Amsterdam by, Prince Henry on 15 March 1909. She was commissioned into the Royal Netherlands Navy on 6 October 1910. On 21 November that year she left the port of Den Helder for the Dutch East Indies. The route she took led by South Africa and she arrived at Surabaya on 25 January 1911.
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