The Prins Hendrik der Nederlanden was a Great Britain-built ramming tower ship that was ordered by the Royal Netherlands Navy in 1860 . It was named after Heinrich von Oranien-Nassau and was the first ironclad in the Dutch Navy. In 1876 the ship was transferred to the Dutch East Indies , where it participated in the Lombok expedition in 1894. In 1899 the ship was decommissioned and finally scrapped in 1925.
literature
Robert Gardiner (Ed.): Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905 . Conway Maritime Press, Greenwich 1979, ISBN 0-8317-0302-4 .
Dutch Ironclads Prins Hendrik and King of the Netherlands . In: Naval Records Club (ed.): Warship International . IX, No. 2, Toledo, OH, 1972, pp. 199-200.
Paul H. Silverstone: Directory of the World's Capital Ships . Hippocrene Books, New York 1984, ISBN 0-88254-979-0 .
A. van Dijk: Voor Pampus. De ontwikkeling van de scheepsbouw bij de Koninklijke Marine omstreeks 1860 . De Bataafsche Leeuw, Amsterdam 1987, ISBN 906707148.
Web links
private photos of the ships Buffel and Schorpioen , also so-called ramming tower ships
detailed history and background to shipbuilding in the Netherlands in the 19th century and the role of Prins Hendrik on digital bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse letteren (Dutch)
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