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Originally Posted by lordroel
Also i was think at the time of the war the Royal Netherlands Navy had about 22 frigates and 19 minehunters in service, what would the combat loss be for them as i would inmangen with the main naval base of Den Helder in range of French air strikes some of the Royal Netherlands Navy remaining schips would go to Aruba where they would be somewhat safer.
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Why? They are still technically part of Nato and the greater war effort. It's quite likely they were put to work escorting convoys across the Atlantic, or in the case of the minesweepers, keeping the North Sea clear of mines. Those that survived to 2000 are very likely to be in the same situation as virtually any other ship of any other nation - out of fuel, very low on ammunition, and very probably nowhere near home port.
The navy possess perhaps the only units that survived the French "annexation" in something resembling good order - they're of little use repelling a land attack, and throwing them at the French navy would be too obviously suicidal to even contemplate.