HNLMS ''Rotterdam'' (D818) ( nl, Hr.Ms. Rotterdam) was a

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of the . The ship was in service with the

Royal Netherlands Navy The Royal Netherlands Navy ( nl, Koninklijke Marine, links=no) is the naval force of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. During the 17th century, the navy of the Dutch Republic (1581–1795) was one of the most powerful naval forces in the world an ...

from 1957 to 1981. The destroyer was named after the Dutch city of

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...

and was the nineteenth ship with this name. In 1981 the ship was taken out of service and sold to Peru where it was renamed ''Diez Canseco''. The ship's radio call sign was "PAFQ".

Dutch service history

HNLMS ''Rotterdam'' was one of eight s and was built at the RDM in Rotterdam. The

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took place on 7 January 1954 and the launching on 26 January 1956. The ship was put into service on 28 February 1957. ''Rotterdam'' towed to the harbor after a fire had broken out in that ships engine room on 12 November 1980. Two crewman of the ''Drenthe'' died during the fire and four were injured. The fire was caused by an attempt to burn paper in the engine room. That day Drenthe was in the Caribbean to relieve ''Rotterdam'' as station ship. On 15 May 1981 the vessel was decommissioned and sold to the

Peruvian Navy The Peruvian Navy ( es, link=no, Marina de Guerra del Perú, abbreviated MGP) is the branch of the Peruvian Armed Forces tasked with surveillance, patrol and defense on lakes, rivers and the Pacific Ocean up to from the Peruvian littoral. Addit ...

Peruvian service history

The ship was put into service on 29 June 1981 where the ship was renamed ''Diez Canseco'' and decommissioned in 1991.

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