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De Zeven Provinciën Class Guided Missile Light Cruiser HNLMS De Ruyter pictured on the Nieuwe Maas River near Waalhaven on March 28th 1973.

Lead Ship, Light Cruiser HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën pictured at Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij Shipyards at Rotterdam in 1972.

Lead Ship, Light Cruiser HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën pictured on March 4th 1964, in Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij Shipyard's floating dry dock during her missile conversion refit at Rotterdam..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 on sister De Ruyter which was decommissioned in 1972, De Zeven Provinciën followed suit in 1975...De Ruyter was acquired by the Peruvian Navy and recommissioned in 1973 as fleet flagship BAP Almirante Grau. De Zeven Provinciën was also purchased in 1976, its RIM-2 Terrier SAM removed and replaced by a hangar and a flight deck for ASH-3D Sea King helicopters, and recommissioned in 1978 as BAP Aguirre. From 1985 until 1988 Almirante Grau underwent a major modernization by Amsterdam Naval Services (ANS), which allowed the ship to remain in service, whereas Aguirre was decommissioned in 1999. Almirante Grau was decommissioned in 2017.

Lead Ship, Light Cruiser HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën aground at Den Helder on August 26th 1958..https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA ... y/cruisers

Lead Ship, Guided Missile Light Cruiser HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën pictured at Teneriffe on June 30th 1966.

De Zeven Provinciën Class Light Cruiser HNLMS De Ruyter pictured in September 1971.

A low stern view of DZP at Cadiz, Spain, Feb., '70....... DFO