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Royal Netherlands Navy / Koninklijke
Marine – Frigate
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F 829 -
HNLMS Willem van der Zaan
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HNLMS Willem van der Zaan (F 829)
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Type,
Class:
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Guided Missile Frigate –
FFG / M-Fregat (Multipurpose Frigate); Karel Doorman - class |
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Builder:
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Koninklijke Maatschappij De
Schelde (KMS), Vlissingen – (Royal
Schelde Shipbuilding, Vlissingen, The Netherlands) |
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STATUS:
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Laid down: November 6, 1985 Launched: January 21, 1989 Commissioned: November 28, 1991 Decommissioned: August 25, 2006 Fate: sold to Belgium / renamed BNS
Louise-Marie (F 931) |
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Homeport:
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Ship’s
Motto:
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Technical Data:
(Measures, Propulsion, Armament, Aviation, etc.)
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see: INFO
>> Frigate
– Karel Doorman class |
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LINK:
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Official Royal Netherlands Navy site |
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ship
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Willem van
der Zaan (or Zaen)
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Information
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Rear Admiral
Willem van der Zaan (Zaen) (June 29, 1621 – March 17, 1669): |
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Willem was born in
Amsterdam. He joined the Dutch navy at a young age and had risen to the rank
of captain by 1652. He took part in the First Anglo-Dutch War from 1652-1654,
fighting in the Battle of Dungeness on the Prinses Aemilia, and on the Campen
(after the previous captain, his brother Joris van der Zaan, had been killed
in the Battle of Portland; in the same battle his other brother, Huybrecht
van der Zaan, was killed also) in the Battle of the Gabbard and the Battle of
Scheveningen. In 1655 he was made a full captain. In 1656 he commands the
Zuyderhuys, having on board his nephew, the son of Huybrecht, Cornelis van
der Zaan, later a captain also. In 1657 he participated in an action in the
Mediterranean under Vice-Admiral Michiel de Ruyter, during which he captured
the French warship Chasseur, caught while illegally privateering, causing
much embarrassment to the French government that had given secret orders to
do so. Cardinal Mazarin summoned the Dutch ambassador to ask for excuses, who
then lost his temper and left the court in a fury after telling the good
cardinal, the most powerful man of France, in his face that he was no better
than a common pirate. The States-General showed their opinion on this by
awarding Van der Zaan a golden honorary chain. In 1658 he fought against
Sweden in the Battle of the Sound, again participating in actions in the
Baltic in 1659 and 1660, as captain of the Huys Tijdverdrijf. In 1661, as
captain of the Middelburg, he is again with De Ruyter in the Mediterranean.
When the Dutch fleet is challenged by the Bey of Algiers, Suleiman Basha
Reis, to provide a champion for a ship duel, De Ruyter chooses Van der Zaan
as such; but the Algerian champion didn't show up. That year Van der Zaan
received another golden chain for capturing a corsair liberating 36 Christian
slaves; in 1663 a third one having taken a privateer with 21 Christian slaves
on board. |
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HNLMS Willem
van der Zaan (F 829): |
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