HNLMS Van Kinsbergen

HNLMS Van Kinsbergen (Dutch: Hr.Ms. Van Kinsbergen) was a unique sloop of the Royal Netherlands Navy build by Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij. She served in the Dutch West Indies in 1940. Later, she served as an escort vessel and survived World War II. She was decommissioned on 29 May 1959 and was sold for scrap on 19 May 1974.

This sloop was meant to replace the old cruiser Gelderland in her duties to train gunners and fire control personnel for the fleet, and also to replace the sloop Johan Maurits van Nassau when the latter was in need of repair or refit in Holland. In May 1940, the ship was in the Dutch West Indies and served with the British America and West Indies station. After the outbreak of war between the United States and Germany, submarines started to prowl the sea lanes, and Van Kinsbergen was pressed into service as an escort vessel, for which she was not really suited. As such, she, however, served well and survived the war