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    Willem van der Zaan (29 June 1621 – 17 March 1669) was a Dutch Admiral. His name is often given in the 17th century spelling Zaen. Willem was born in...
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    1991 in the Netherlands, where it served as HNLMS Willem van der Zaan (F829). HNLMS Willem van der Zaan was rechristened Louise-Marie (F931) on 8 April...
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  • named HNLMS Willem van der Zaan in honour of the 17th century Schout-bij-nacht ("Rear Admiral") Willem Van Der Zaan. HNLMS Willem van der Zaan (ML-2), was...
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    HNLMS Willem van der Zaan (ML-2/N82/F824/A880) was a minelayer of the Royal Netherlands Navy that was commissioned only days before the start of World...
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    by HNLMS Willem van der Zaan, HNLMS Tjerk Hiddes, HNLMS Van Amstel, HNLMS Abraham van der Hulst, HNLMS Van Nes, HNLMS Van Galen, and HNLMS Van Speijk....
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    built at KM de Schelde in Vlissingen originally and to be named Willem van der Zaan. But she was renamed after the ship intended to be named Pieter Florisz...
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    Belgian Naval Component. On 22 December 2005, Karel Doorman and Willem van der Zaan were sold to Belgium. Karel Doorman was taken out of service in 2006...
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    HNLMS Van Speijk (F828) is the eighth and last ship in the Karel Doorman class of multi-purpose frigates, used by the Royal Netherlands Navy. Van Speijk...
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    HNLMS Van Amstel (F831) is a ship of the Karel Doorman-class of multi-purpose frigates (also known as "M-fregat" class) of the Royal Netherlands Navy...
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    HNLMS Abraham van der Hulst (Dutch: Hr.Ms. Abraham van der Hulst) was a ship of the Karel Doorman-class of multi-purpose frigates of the Royal Netherlands...
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    Rear-Admiral Willem van der Zaan; the third was commanded by Lieutenant-Admiral Baron Willem Joseph van Ghent with Lieutenant-Admiral Jan van Meppel in subcommand...
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  • Karel Doorman class Karel Doorman Van Speijk Willem van der Zaan Tjerk Hiddes Van Amstel Abraham van der Hulst Van Nes Van Galen De Zeven Provinciën class...
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    1996, she made a trip to Norway with the frigates Jacob van Heemskerck, Willem van der Zaan, Tromp and the replenishment ship Amsterdam. In 2003, the...
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    defeat and ordered Tromp and his subcommanders Isaac Sweers and Willem van der Zaan from his sight, and told them to never again set foot on De Zeven...
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    golden age Pieter Lastman, painter Willem van der Zaan, Admiral Laurens Bake, poet Abraham van der Hulst, Admiral Saskia van Uylenburgh, Wife of Rembrandt...
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    to Greece's Navy while still under construction and replaced by two Jacob van Heemskerck-class frigates which were an air defence variant of the Kortenaer...
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    invasion of the Netherlands in May 1940, the Dutch minelayer, HNLMS Willem van der Zaan, gave the navy its first example of a water-cooled gun on its Hazemeyer...
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  • Holstein-Gottorp (d. 1604) 1596 – Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (d. 1680) 1621 – Willem van der Zaan, Dutch Admiral (d. 1669) 1686 – Pietro Paolo Troisi, Maltese artist...
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  • B. van der Klaauw, Armand van Ishoven, Peter van der Gaag, De geschiedenis van de Nederlandse en Belgische Luchtvaart (series De geschiedenis van de luchtvaart)...
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    1996 she made a trip to Norway with the frigates Jacob van Heemskerck, Willem van der Zaan, Bloys van Treslong and the replenishment ship Amsterdam. In 1999...
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    Hazemeyer design had been brought to Britain by the Dutch minelayer Willem van der Zaan that had escaped from the German occupation in May 1940. The T class...
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    HNLMS Van Galen (F834) (Dutch: Hr.Ms. Van Galen) is a ship of the Karel Doorman class of multi-purpose frigates of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Built by...
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  • Minelayer Willem van der Zaan Minelayer Medusa Minelayer Van Maerlant Minelayer Douwe Aukes Minelayer Nautiles Minelayer Jan van Brakel Minesweeper Jan van Gelder...
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    HNLMS Van Nes (Dutch: Hr.Ms. Van Nes) is a ship of the Karel Doorman class of multi-purpose frigates of the Royal Netherlands Navy where it used the radio...
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    In 1996 she made a trip to Norway with the frigates Bloys van Treslong, Willem van der Zaan, Tromp and the replenishment ship Amsterdam. After the September...
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    12 – Cornelis Jan Witsen, Mayor of Amsterdam (b. 1605) March 17 – Willem van der Zaan, Dutch admiral (b. 1621) March 23 – Philipp Buchner, German composer...
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    December 2005, the Dutch government sold Karel Doorman (F827) and Willem Van Der Zaan (F829) to Belgium. The two ships were sold for about 250 million...
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    Proger, Member of Parliament for Brecknockshire (d. 1713) June 29 – Willem van der Zaan, Dutch admiral (d. 1669) July 1 – Cornelis de Man, Dutch painter...
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  • fell in 1940, this was brought to the UK aboard the minesweeper Willem van der Zaan, where it was copied and put into service as the British Mark IV...
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  • 12 – Cornelis Jan Witsen, Mayor of Amsterdam (b. 1605) March 17 – Willem van der Zaan, Dutch admiral (b. 1621) March 23 – Philipp Buchner, German composer...
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