This article is about the Royal Navy of the Netherlands. For other Royal Navies, see Royal Navy (disambiguation).
Royal Netherlands Navy
Koninklijke Marine
Naval Jack of the Netherlands.svg
The Navy jack of the Royal Netherlands Navy.
Country Netherlands
Allegiance Government of the Netherlands
Branch Armed Forces of the Netherlands
Type Navy
Size 10,500 active duty personnel
850 reserve personnel
6 frigates
4 offshore patrol vessels
6 minehunters
1 support ship (Karel Doorman)
2 landing platform docks
4 submarines
40 other ships
1 Karel Doorman-class support ship (under construction, commissioning in 2015)
8 helicopters and 20 on order/being delivered
Part of Ministry of Defence
Headquarters Den Helder
Motto "Veiligheid op en vanuit zee."
Security on and from the sea.
Engagements Eighty Years' War
Dutch-Portuguese War
Anglo-Dutch Wars
War of Spanish Succession
War of the Quadruple Alliance
World War II
Commanders
Commander Vice Admiral Matthieu Borsboom
Deputy commander Major-general Rob Verkerk
Notable
commanders Michiel de Ruyter, Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, Jan van Speyk, Karel Doorman
Insignia
Naval Ensign
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Naval Jack
Naval Jack of the Netherlands.svg
Aircraft flown
Patrol
NH90
The Royal Netherlands Navy (Dutch: Koninklijke Marine, "Royal Navy") is the navy of the Netherlands. Its origins date back to the Eighty Year's War (1568–1648) and the war of independence from the House of Habsburg who ruled over the so-called Habsburg Netherlands.