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Royal Netherlands Navy

The Royal Netherlands Navy (Koninklijke Marine) is the navy of the Netherlands.

It was founded on December 10, 1665, as "Regiment de Marine", following a concept resolution by Johan de Witt[?] and Michiel de Ruyter which was presented to the parliament (Staten-Generaal) of the United Provinces in August 1665.

Famous ships:

HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen

External Link

Royal Netherlands Navy homepage (http://www.marine.nl)

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