page_title: De Zeven Provinciën-class cruiser
section_title: Royal Netherlands Navy
hierarchical_section_title: De Zeven Provinciën-class cruiser / Royal Netherlands Navy
caption_attribution_description: Two U.S. Navy Sikorsky SH-3A Sea King helicopters (BuNo 151552, 152107) from helicopter anti-submarine squadron HS-5 Night Dippers in 1967. HS-5 was assigned to Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 54 (CVSG-54) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Essex (CVS-9), visible in the distance. Essex operated in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea from January to August 1967 and visited Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Great Britain, Italy, Malta, and Spain. The photo was probably taken off the Netherlands, as the cruiser visible is Hr.Ms. De Zeven Provinciën (C802).
context_page_description: The De Zeven Provinciën class was a class of light cruisers. They were built by Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij and Wilton-Fijenoord for the Royal Netherlands Navy. The name De Zeven Provinciën refers to the seven provinces which formed the Dutch Republic in 1581.
context_section_description: In Dutch service both ships participated in several NATO exercises, and were frequently used as flagships for different naval task forces. Between 1962 and 1964, De Zeven Provinciën underwent a refit by RDM which included the removal of the two aft turrets and the installation of a RIM-2 Terrier SAM system. Lack of funds precluded the same modifications from being carried out in De Ruyter, which was decommissioned in 1972. Her sister ship followed suit in 1975; the cruisers were replaced in Dutch service by the two Tromp-class frigates.
caption: De Zeven Provinciën operating with the US aircraft carrier USS Essex in 1967.
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