HNLMS'' Marten Harpertszoon Tromp'' ( nl, Hr.Ms. Marten Harpertszoon Tromp) was a unique
coastal defence ship of 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 ...
built by the ''
Rijkswerf'' in Amsterdam.
Design
The ship was long, had a beam of , a draught of , and had a displacement of 5,210 ton. The ship was equipped with 2 shaft
reciprocating engines, which were rated at and produced a top speed of .
The ship had a belt armour of , barbette armour and turret armour.
The main armament of the ships were two
single turret guns. Secondary armament included four single
guns and eight single guns.
Service history
''Tromp'' was
launched on 15 June 1904 at the ''Rijkswerf'' in
Amsterdam. On 5 April 1906 she was
commissioned by
Captain
Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...
Koster as the first commander of the ship. The same year on 25 June she made a visit to Norway for an official visit to the ship by
Haakon VII of Norway
Haakon VII (; born Prince Carl of Denmark; 3 August 187221 September 1957) was the King of Norway from November 1905 until his death in September 1957.
Originally a Danish prince, he was born in Copenhagen as the son of the future Frederick V ...
.
10 August 1909 ''Tromp'' together with and departed from
Batavia
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Historical places
* Batavia (region), a land inhabited by the Batavian people during the Roman Empire, today part of the Netherlands
* Batavia, Dutch East Indies, present-day Jakarta, the former capital of the Dutch East In ...
to China,
Hong Kong, Japan and the
Philippines to show the flag.
On 2 March 1920 she and departed from
Den Helder
Den Helder () is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Den Helder occupies the northernmost point of the North Holland peninsula. It is home to the country's main naval base.
From here the Royal TESO fe ...
for a four month journey to
Asia to show the flag. They visited the ports of Singapore,
Saigon
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, Hong Kong,
Shanghai,
Kobe
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and
Manila.
On 17 November 1923, the Dutch
cargo ship
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put into port at
Bastia,
Corsica
Corsica ( , Upper , Southern ; it, Corsica; ; french: Corse ; lij, Còrsega; sc, Còssiga) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of ...
,
France, on fire. ''Marten Harpertszoon Tromp'' scuttled the burning ship.
From 21 June to 30 July 1926 the ship together with ,
torpedo boats ''Z 7'' and ''Z 8'' and
submarine
A submarine (or sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability. The term is also sometimes used historically or colloquially to refer to remotely op ...
s and departed from Den Helder to the Baltic. During the trip they visited the ports of
Kiel,
Göteborg and
Trondheim.
The ship was
decommissioned in 1927.
Notes
References
External links
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Description of ship
{{DEFAULTSORT:Marten Harpertzoon Tromp, HNLMS
Coastal defence ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy
1904 ships
Ships built in Amsterdam
Maritime incidents in 1923