HNLMS ''Evertsen'' ( nl, Hr.Ms. Evertsen ) was a of the

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Design

The ship was long, had a beam of , a draught of , and had a displacement of 3,464 tons. The ship was equipped with two shaft

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s, which were rated at and produced a top speed of . The ship had a belt armour of and barbette armour. The main armament of the ship was three guns in a double and single turret. Secondary armament included two single guns and six single guns.

Service history

The ship was laid down in 1893Staatsbegrooting voor het dienstjaar 1897, Bijlage A .-VI. -5./ref> at the '' Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde'' in

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and launched on 29 September 1894. In March 1895, her propellers were mounted while she was in Middelburg Drydock.. The ship was commissioned on 1 February 1896. 4 February 1896 she and her sister ship left for practice in the

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. On 11 May 1896 during the harbor strikes in Rotterdam a ban on assembly was decreed. Two days later ''Kortenaer'' patrolled the

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. The ship was later relieved by her sister ships ''Evertsen'', and the police schooner ''Argus''. 300 grenadiers were deployed during the strikes. The strikes were ended on 21 May. On 5 May 1898 the ship left the port van

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for a journey to

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. The ship was there for the celebration of the discovery of the seaway to India by

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400 years ago. The Portuguese king

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and his wife made a visit to the ship while there. From 1911 to 1913 the command over the ship was held by

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who made several journeys on the

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with the ship.Het Nieuws van de Dag: kleine courant, 1 Juni 1912 The ships was finally decommissioned in 1913.

Notes

References

*Staatsbegrooting voor het dienstjaar 1897
2.-VI.-5.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Evertsen (1894), HNLMS Coastal defence ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy 1894 ships Ships built in Vlissingen