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  Encyclopedia: HNMS Jacob van Heemskerk
HNLMS Jacob van Heemskerk was a Tromp-class light cruiser of the Royal Netherlands Navy, named after Admiral Jacob van Heemskerk (1567–1607).
She was commissioned on May 10, 1940, when Nazi Germany invaded the Netherlands.
Jacob van Heemskerk was the last of the two Tromp-class cruisers.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/HNMS-Jacob-van-Heemskerk   (149 words)

  
 HNLMS De Ruyter - TheBestLinks.com - HNMS De Ruyter, Netherlands, World War II, 1935, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
HNMS De Ruyter was a light cruiser in the Royal Netherlands Navy.
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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 HNMS Jacob van Heemskerk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The HNMS Jacob van Heemskerk was a light cruiser in the Royal Netherlands Navy.
She was commissioned on May 10th, 1940, when World War II started in the Netherlands.
The HNMS Jacob van Heemskerk was the last of a series of three light cruisers.
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 HNLMS Tromp - Famous Women   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The HNMS Tromp was a light cruiser in the Royal Netherlands Navy, commissioned in 1938.
The HNMS Tromp was the second in a series of three light cruisers.
The other two were HNMS De Ruyter and HNMS Jacob van Heemskerk.
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 Stephen Hawking bei eLexi - das Onlinelexikon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The KNM Valkyrien, a frigate of the Royal Norwegian Navy was purchased from the Royal Canadian Navy in 1956 and was originally named the KNM Garm until 1965.
HNMS Java was a light cruiser in the Royal Netherlands Navy.
With its sister ships HNMS Tromp and HNMS Jacob van Heemskerk, it was originally designed as a "squadron leader" since the term
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 JACOB   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Search the JACOB Family Message Boards at Ancestry.com (if available).
Search the JACOB Family Resource Center at RootsWeb.com (if available).
Find graves of people named JACOB at Find-a-Grave.com (or add one that you know).
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