Lewin of Greenwich Naval History & Forum

Lead Ship,HNLMS Tromp pictured at Amsterdam,June 26th 1953.

Lead Ship.Light Cruiser HNLMS Tromp pictured on the North Sea Canal,between Zaandam and Amsterdam c1946.At the outbreak of World War II,Tromp was sent to the Dutch East Indies,her sister Jacob van Heemskerck was still being completed in the naval shipyard in Den Helder when the German attack started 10 May 10th 1940, but she succeeded in escaping to the United Kingdom, where she was completed with a completely different armament set, as an Anti-Aircraft Ship. Both ships served in the Far East and survived the war,Tromp to be decommissioned in 1955 and sold for scrap in 1969 and Jacob van Heemskerck to become an Artillery Instruction Ship in 1947, decommissioned in 1969 and sold for scrap in 1970.

Note the difference in appearance between the above two pics!! Yard work........ Early on tho............ DFO

Lead Ship, Light Cruiser HNLMS Tromp pictured at Bergen in July 1953.

Here is the TROMP's aft pair of 5.9" up close.......... DFO

Lead Ship, Light Cruiser HNLMS Tromp pictured berthing at Copenhagen in July 1953.

Tromp Class Light Cruiser HNLMS Jacob van Heemskerck pictured on launch day at Nederlandsche Dok en Scheepsbouw Maatschappij Yards, Amsterdam on September 16th 1939.

Here is the TROMP in camo working with the RN in the Indian Ocean. DFO