HNLMS Zeeland (1897)
Zeeland and other steamships in the Bay of Ambon
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| Name: | Zeeland |
| Builder: | Koninklijke Maatschappij de Schelde in Flushing |
| Laid down: | 1895 |
| Launched: | 20 March 1897 |
| Commissioned: | 1 June 1898 |
| Decommissioned: | 1924 |
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| Class and type: | Holland-class cruiser |
| Displacement: | 3,900 tons |
| Length: | 93.3 m (306 ft 1 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 Zeeland (Dutch: Hr.Ms. Zeeland) was a Holland-class protected cruiser of the Royal Netherlands Navy.
The ship was 93.3 metres (306 ft 1 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 3,900 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 20 March 1897. The ship was commissioned on 1 June 1898. She left the port of Flushing on 18 June that year for a series of trials on the North sea. During these trials the ship visited Plymouth. The ship served as flagship of a fleet of 18 ships on 15 September that year at a fleet review on the Hollands Diep. The review was held because of the coronation of the Dutch queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands.
On 24 June 1905 Hertog Hendrik hit a coral reef near Matjidosteen while en route to the Gulf of Boni. Zeeland made several attempts to pull the stranded ship loose, but these proved unsuccessful and were abandoned when Zeeland's bollards broke. The ship was later pulled clear after De Ruyter and Japara, a ship with towing equipment from the Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij, arrived and Hertog Hendrik's coal, reserves and munitions were offloaded. Later that year Zeeland took part in an expeditions to South Celebes. The expedition was undertaken against the lord of Boni. Armed sloops of Hertog Hendrik, Zeeland and Assahan protected the landing of Dutch forces near Patiro on 20 July 1905.
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