HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën (C802)

The HNLMS "De Zeven Provinciën (C802)" was a De Zeven Provinciën class cruiser with eight 152 mm cannons in double towers, 8 × 57 mm and 8 × 40 mm machine guns. The rear tower got replaced in 1962 with a RIM-2 Terrier SAM system. She was 185.7 m long, had a beam of 17.25 m and a draft of 6.85 m. She displaced 12,250 t and could achieve a speed of 32.2 kts. She had a crew of 957. [cite web|url=http://www.marine.nl/schepen/eskader/fregatten/lcf/dezevenprovincien/geschiedenis/|title=Koninklijke Marine - "Geschiedenis Hr. Ms. De Zeven Provinciën"|language=Dutch|accessdate=2006-07-09]

Construction started in 1939 as the HNLMS "Kijkduin", but was interrupted by World War II. She was renamed to HNLMS "Eendracht" in 1940 and HNLMS "De Ruyter" in 1945. Her sister ship was launched in 1944 as the HNLMS "De Zeven Provinciën", but the ships swapped to their final names in 1950. She was completed in 1953 and served the Royal Netherlands Navy from 1950 to 1977. She was sold to Peru in August 1976 and was renamed BAP Aguirre (CH-84) on 24 February 1978.

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