HNLMS Zuiderkruis (A832)
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}} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = HNLMS Zuiderkruis (A832) Cartagena Colombia.jpg | Ship caption = Zuiderkruis (A832) }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = Netherlands | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Netherlands|naval}} | Ship name = Zuiderkruis | Ship owner = Royal Netherlands Navy | Ship namesake = Southern Cross (Crux) | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = Verolme Shipyards, Alblasserdam | Ship laid down = 16 July 1973 | Ship launched = 15 October 1974 | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned = 27 June 1975 | Ship decommissioned = 10 February 2012 | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = 15 December 2011 | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship identification = *{{IMO Number|7382055}}
| Ship honours = Operation Blue Nose, Operation Desert Shield, Operation Desert Storm, Operation Sharp Guard, UNMIL, Counter-drugs Operations in Caribbean. | Ship fate = Scrapped in 2014 | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = Replenishment oiler | Ship displacement = 16,900 tons | Ship length = {{convert|170|m}} | Ship beam = {{convert|20|m}} | Ship draught = {{convert|8.4|m}} | Ship draft = | Ship propulsion = | Ship speed = {{convert|21|kn}} | Ship range = | Ship complement = 170–190 | Ship sensors = | Ship EW = | Ship armament = 1 x Goalkeeper CIWS system, up to 8 12.7 mm machine guns, up to 3 helicopters | Ship armour = | Ship armor = | Ship aircraft = | Ship aircraft facilities = | Ship notes = }} |
HNLMS Zuiderkruis (A832) ({{langx|nl|Hr.Ms. Zuiderkruis}}) was a replenishment oiler operated by the Royal Netherlands Navy.{{cite web |author=Jaime Karremann |date=13 November 2015 |title=Zuiderkruis bevoorradingsschip |url=https://marineschepen.nl/schepen/zuiderkruis.html |website=Marineschepen.nl |language=Dutch}} Zuiderkruis entered service in 1975 and was decommissioned on 10 February 2012. Her design was based on the earlier replenishment ship {{HNLMS|Poolster|A835|2}}. The ship has been stripped for parts and left Den Helder for scrapping in Turkey on 21 February 2014. Zuiderkruis was replaced by HNLMS Karel Doorman.{{cite web |author= |date=12 December 2009 |title=JSS vervangt Hr.Ms. Zuiderkruis |url=https://marineschepen.nl/nieuws/12122009nieuws.html |website=Marineschepen.nl |language=Dutch}}
Service
On 15 October 1974 Zuiderkruis was launched at the yard of Verolme Shipyards in Alblasserdam and commissioned in the navy on 27 June 1975.{{cite web|url= http://www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl/knowledgebase/calendar%7C1974|title= scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 1974|accessdate= 4 July 2015|archive-date= 5 July 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150705154012/http://www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl/knowledgebase/calendar%7C1974|url-status= dead}}
In 1981 Zuiderkruis was the first ship in the Dutch navy to have female sailors aboard.{{cite web|url= http://www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl/knowledgebase/calendar%7C1994|title= scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 1994|accessdate= 5 July 2015|archive-date= 5 July 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150705153910/http://www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl/knowledgebase/calendar%7C1994|url-status= dead}}
8 February 1982 the ship together with the frigates {{Ship|HNLMS|Tromp|F801|2}}, {{HNLMS|Callenburgh|F808|2}}, {{ship|HNLMS|Van Speijk|F802|2}}, {{HNLMS|Piet Hein|F811|2}} and the destroyer {{ship|HNLMS|Overijssel|D815|2}} departed from Den Helder for a trip to the US to show the flag and for 200 years diplomatic relations. The ships returned to Den Helder on 19 May 1982.{{cite web|url= http://www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl/knowledgebase/calendar%7C1982|title= scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 1982|accessdate= 4 July 2015|archive-date= 5 July 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150705151544/http://www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl/knowledgebase/calendar%7C1982|url-status= dead}}
In 1988 Zuiderkruis and the frigates {{HNLMS|Jan van Brakel|F825|2}}, {{HNLMS|Kortenaer|F807|2}} and {{HNLMS|Witte de With|F813|2}} made a trip to the far east and Australia to show the flag and for practice.{{cite web|url= http://www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl/knowledgebase/calendar%7C1988|title= scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 1988|accessdate= 4 July 2015|archive-date= 5 July 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150705191128/http://www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl/knowledgebase/calendar%7C1988|url-status= dead}}
She, {{HNLMS|Philips van Almonde|F823|2}} and {{HNLMS|Jacob van Heemskerck|F812|2}} participated in the Gulf War and were sent to replace Witte de With and {{HNLMS|Pieter Florisz|F826|2}} on 4 and 5 December 1990.{{cite web|url= http://www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl/knowledgebase/calendar%7C1990|title= scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 1990|accessdate= 5 July 2015|archive-date= 6 July 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150706072756/http://www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl/knowledgebase/calendar%7C1990|url-status= dead}}
Zuiderkruis rescued 14 Sri Lankan refugees on 25 April 1996 Adriatic Sea and dropped them off at the Italian port of Bari.{{cite web|url= http://www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl/knowledgebase/calendar%7C1996|title= scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 1996|accessdate= 5 July 2015|archive-date= 6 July 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150706060522/http://www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl/knowledgebase/calendar%7C1996|url-status= dead}}
On 17 February 2003 a combined Belgian-Dutch squadron left for practice on the Atlantic Ocean.
The squadron consisted of Zuiderkruis and the frigates Jacob van Heemskerck, {{HNLMS|Van Speijk|F828|2}}, {{HNLMS|Van Galen|F834|2}} and {{ship|Belgian frigate|Wandelaar|F912|2}}. Several ports in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada and the United States were visited and the squadron was expected to return on 24 April.{{cite web|url= http://www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl/knowledgebase/calendar%7C2003|title= scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 2003|accessdate= 5 July 2015|archive-date= 6 July 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150706035243/http://www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl/knowledgebase/calendar%7C2003|url-status= dead}}
She, {{HNLMS|Rotterdam|L800|2}} and the school ship Urania visited Spithead for a fleet review held in honor of the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar on 28 June 2005 .{{cite web|url= http://www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl/knowledgebase/calendar%7C2005|title= scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 2005|accessdate= 5 July 2015|archive-date= 6 July 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150706043803/http://www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl/knowledgebase/calendar%7C2005|url-status= dead}}
References
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=Bibliography=
- {{cite book|last=W.H.E.|first=van Amstel|title=De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine vanaf 1945|year=1991|publisher=De Alk|location=Alkmaar|isbn=9060139976}}
Further reading
- {{cite book |editor-last1=Gardiner |editor-first1=Robert |editor-last2=Chumbley |editor-first2=Stephen |editor-last3=Budzbon |editor-first3=Przemysław |date=1995 |title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995 |location=Annapolis |publisher=Naval Institute Press |isbn=1-55750-132-7}}
External links
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- [http://www.hrmszuiderkruis.nl/ Hr.Ms. Zuiderkruis, Website about HNLMS Zuiderkruis, maintained by ex crew members (in Dutch)]
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