Lewin of Greenwich Naval History & Forum

The unique Coastal Defence Ship HNLMS Marten Harpertszoon Tromp pictured at Kristiania (Oslo) in 1906.

One more 1920 vintage photo of the camera shy CDS! DFO

Coastal Defence Ship HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën pictured in 1928..She was a small Cruiser-sized warship that sacrificed speed and range for armour and armament. She was armed with two 283 mm, four 150 mm, ten 75 mm, four 37 mm guns, in addition to a few 75 mm mortars. She was 101.5 metres (333 ft) long, had a beam of 17.1 metres (56 ft) and a draft of 6.15 metres (20.2 ft), and displaced 6,530 tons. She had a crew of 448 and was able to reach 16 knots.
She served part of her career in the Dutch East Indies, from 1911 to 1918 and from 1921 onwards. During the 1920s, her crew included the future Rear Admiral Karel Doorman. She was renamed Soerabaja in 1936. On February 18th 1942, Soerabaja was sunk by Japanese bombers. The Japanese raised her and used her as a battery ship; one report is that she was sunk again by Allied aircraft in 1943.

Prince Takamatsu Nobuhito pays a visit to Dutch Coastal Defence Ship HNLMS Jacob van Heemskerck at Den Helder on August 8th 1930.