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 | | HNLMS De Ruyter, Netherlands, World War II, 1935, Dutch East Indies, Royal... |
 | | With its sister ships HNMS Tromp and HNMS Jacob van Heemskerk, it was originally designed as a "squadron leader" since the term "cruiser" would not have been acceptable in the pacifist political climate in the Netherlands of the 1930s. |
 | | Commissioned in 1935, the ship was the 7th to be named after the famous Dutch admiral Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter in Dutch naval history. |
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