HNLMS Noordbrabant (1899)
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Noordbrabant
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| Name: | Noordbrabant |
| Builder: | Koninklijke Maatschappij de Schelde, Flushing |
| Laid down: | 31 August 1897 |
| Launched: | 17 January 1899 |
| Commissioned: | 1 March 1900 |
| Fate: | Scuttled on 17 May 1940 |
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| Class and type: | Holland-class cruiser |
| Displacement: | 4,033 tons |
| Length: | 94.7 m (310 ft 8 in) |
| Beam: | 14.8 m (48 ft 7 in) |
| Draught: | 5.41 m (17 ft 9 in) |
| Propulsion: | 10,000 ihp (7,500 kW), two shafts |
| Speed: | 20 knots (37 km/h) |
| Complement: | 324 |
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| Armour: | 5 cm (2.0 in) deck |
HNLMS Noordbrabant (Dutch: Hr.Ms. Noordbrabant) was a Holland class protected cruiser of the Royal Netherlands Navy.
The ship was 94.7 metres (310 ft 8 in) long, had a beam of 14.8 metres (48 ft 7 in), a draught of 5.41 metres (17 ft 9 in), and had a displacement of 4,033 ton. The ship was equipped with 2 shaft reciprocating engines, which were rated at 10,000 ihp (7,500 kW) and produced a top speed of 20 knots (37 km/h). The ship had a deck armour of 2 in (5.1 cm). Two 5.9 in (15 cm) single turret guns provided the ship's main armament, and these were augmented by six single 4.7 in (12 cm) guns and four 3 in (7.6 cm) single guns. The ship had a complement of 324 men.
The ship was built at the Koninklijke Maatschappij de Schelde in Flushing and launched on 17 January 1899. The ship was commissioned on 1 March 1900. Later that year the ship visited Kiel and participated in the Kieler Woche where the German Emperor Wilhelm II made several visits to the ship.
On 6 February 1901 Noordbrabant left the port of Flushing for the Dutch East Indies. The ship arrived on 23 March that year in Tanjung Priok. Later that year on 16 April the ship made a trip to Melbourne and Albany, Australia to represent the government of the Dutch East Indies at the opening of the Australian parliament in May 1901.
On 17 June 1905 Noordbrabant and her sisters Gelderland and Utrecht returned to the Netherlands. The journey made stops at Tanjung Priok Mahé, Perim, Port Said, Algiers and Tangier before arriving at Den Helder on 30 August.
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