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''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} ''' (frigate of the Kortenaer class) | ''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} ''' (frigate of the Kortenaer class) | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The | The badge is based on the arms of Willem van der Zaan (1621-1669), Rear-Admiral of the Amsterdam Admirality. Distiguished himself in the First and Second Anglo-Dutch Wars and in fighting Pirates in the Mediterranean. Killed in Action fighting Algerian Pirates on 17 March 1669. The badge was approved on 11 June 1952. | ||
[[Literature]]: Information from Emblemen van de Koninklijke Marine by L.L.M. Eekhout, O. Schutte and P.J.F. van der Pol. | |||
{{nl}} | {{nl}} | ||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:Military heraldry of the Netherlands]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the Netherlands]] | ||
[[Category:Navy heraldry]] | [[Category:Navy heraldry]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1952]] | [[Category:Granted 1952]] |