De Zeven Provinciën-class cruisers, full history and development

This is the first video of our new "A Mutterings Special" playlist. These are special videos that we'll upload outside of our weekly upload schedule.

On today's video, Kevin talks about the entire history and development of the Dutch De Zeven Provinciën-class cruisers, going into great depth about it's origins and eventual service in the Peruvian Navy.

Sources used for making this video:
Dutch sources:
https://docplayer.nl/11515191-Hr-ms-de-zeven-provincien-1939-1976.html
https://marineschepen.nl/schepen/kruisers-de-ruyter-de-zeven-provincien.html
http://claesenpeter.nl/mijn-marinetijd07.html

English sources:
https://stefsap.wordpress.com/2015/10/22/hnlms-de-zeven-provincien-c-802-history-and-plans/
https://www.navalanalyses.com/2015/06/almirante-grau-cruiser-of-peruvian-navy.html
http://www.navypedia.org/ships/netherlands/nl_cr_de_zeven_provincien.htm
https://www.netherlandsnavy.nl/Eendracht.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Zeven_Provinci%C3%ABn-class_cruiser

Information on the German "Kreuzer Holland" ships is from the book "Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815-1945, Band 1 [Panzerschiffe, Linienschiffe, Schlachtschiffe, Flugzeugträger, Kreuzer, Kanonenboote]"

Photo's are taken from the "Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie": https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/

Blueprints used in the video are from the "Nationaal Archief": https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/archief/4.MST

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