HNLMS Van Ghent (1926)
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HNLMS Van Ghent was an , launched on 13 October 1926, commissioned on 31 May 1928 as HNLMS De Ruyter, and renamed in 1935.
Van Ghent served in the Netherlands East Indies as part of Rear Admiral Karel Doorman
Karel Doorman
Karel Willem Frederik Marie Doorman was a Dutch Rear Admiral who commanded ABDACOM Naval forces, a hastily-organized multinational naval force formed to defend the East Indies against an overwhelming Imperial Japanese attack. Doorman was killed and the main body of ABDACOM Naval forces destroyed...
's command. She was involved in the salvage of the . She ran aground and was scuttled on 15 February 1942.