Koninklijke Marine
The Royal netherlands Navy in Europe
Java Class Cruiser
Sumatra
1/1800 Based
1/1800
1/2400
1/3000
£8.50
£6.50
£4.40
£1.75
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HNLMS Sumatra was launched during World War I and saw action during World War II. She was scuttled off the coast of Normandy on 9 June 1944 at Ouistreham as part of a “gooseberry” pier to protect an artificial Allied Mulberry Harbour built as part of Operation Overlord.
Tromp Class Destroyer Leader
Jacob van Heemskerck
1/1800 Based
1/1800
1/2400
1/3000
£8.50
£6.50
£4.40
£1.75
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Still unarmed at the time of the German invasion in 1940 she escaped to the U.K. where she was rigged as an air defence cruiser. Over time her crew believed she was lucky and nicknamed her Oude Jacob. With a reputation for proficiency, no merchant ship was lost on a convoy that she was patrolling.
Admiralen Class Destroyer Series 2
Series 2: Galen
1/1800 Based
1/1800
1/2400
1/3000
£6.50
£4.50
£2.80
£1.35
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Sharing the majority of features with their older siblings in series 01 the main difference with the second series was that it was equipped with 4x 120mm Siderius guns with an additional 4x 40mm Vickers AA guns which could not fire at high elevation. All ships of this class were ultimately lost.
Gerard Callenburgh Class Destroyer
Isaac Sweers & Gerard Callenburgh
1/1800 Based
1/1800
1/2400
1/3000
£6.50
£4.50
£2.80
£1.35
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A class of 4 ships envisioned as replacing the Admiralen class, only two were ultimately finished. The Gerard Callenburgh by the Germans and the Isaac Sweers which, although unarmed, was able to escape to the U.K. Serving in the UK’s mediterranean fleet, U-431 sank her in 1942 with the loss of 108 men.
Jan van Amstel Class Minesweeper
Willem van Ewijck, Pieter Florisz, Jan van Gelder & Abraham van der Hulst
1/1800 Based
1/1800
1/2400
1/3000
£4.50
£2.50
£1.40
£0.70
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Although built as a minesweeper, the technical facilities onboard also allowed this class of 12 ships, of which only 9 were completed, were also able to operate as minelayers. Many of the class were lost during the war with only the Abraham Crijnssen surviving as a museum ship until 1997.
Willem van der Zaan Class Minelayer
Willem van der Zaan
1/1800 Based
1/1800
1/2400
1/3000
£4.50
£2.50
£1.40
£0.70
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One of the most widely travelled and survived ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy, the Zaan served in both Europe and the Far East. She commenced operations by laying 98 tactical sea mines near Den Helder. She was finally decommissioned in February 1970 when she was sold and scrapped.
Van Kinsbergen Class Sloop
Van Kinsbergen
1/1800 Based
1/1800
1/2400
1/3000
£6.50
£4.50
£2.80
£1.35
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Van Kinsbergen was a unique sloop which began her wartime service by capturing 8 German ships in Curaçao. She served her time in the Western Atlantic hunting subs, raiders and enemy merchant ships gaining the nickname ‘The Flying Dutchman’ from her allies whilst a part of “Killer Group”
Johan Maurits van Nassau Class Gunboat
Johan Maurits van Nassau
1/1800 Based
1/1800
1/2400
1/3000
£6.50
£4.50
£2.80
£1.35
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The sole ship of its class and erstwhile successor to the Flores class gunboat, JMvN was stationed off of the Dutch coast at the start of May 1940. Destroying a German shore battery she was heavily attacked by the Luftwaffe surviving unscathed before finally succumbing as she made a run for the U.K.
Flores Class Gunboat
Flores
1/1800 Based
1/1800
1/2400
1/3000
£4.50
£2.50
£1.40
£0.70
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Designed for East Indies service Flores was brought back to home waters at the start of WW2 where she was damaged and escaped to the U.K. Joining the Mediterranean fleet and her sister they served at Sicily, Salerno, Anzio, and Gaeta finally finishing her wartime service with her sister at Normandy.
O-12 Class Submarine
O-12, O-13, O-14 & O-15
1/1800 Based
1/1800
1/2400
1/3000
£4.50
£2.50
£1.40
£0.70
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The O-12 Class Submarines were conceived and built to patrol Dutch Home Waters. Relatively successful at their job, the O-12 was taken into the Kreigsmarine, O-13 escaped to the UK and was lost on her first north-sea patrol whilst the remainder were decommissioned before the end of the war.
