Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The Royal Netherlands Navy (Koninklijke Marine) is the navy of the Netherlands. It was founded on December 10, 1665, as "Regiment de Marine", following a concept resolution by Johan de Witt and Michiel de Ruyter which was presented to the parliament (Staten-Generaal) of the United Provinces in August 1665. Famous ships: HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen External Link Royal Netherlands Navy homepage This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.