Editing Protected cruiser (section)

===Netherlands===
[[File:HNLMS Noord-Brabant (1900).jpg|thumb|Dutch protected cruiser [[HNLMS Noordbrabant (1899)|''Noord-Brabant'']] as an accommodation ship]]
The [[Royal Netherlands Navy]] built several protected cruisers between 1880 and 1900.<ref name="GO2WAR2 NL">{{cite web |url=https://www.tracesofwar.nl/articles/2625/Nederlandse-pantser--en-pantserdekschepen.htm?page=3 |first=Peter |last=Kimenai |title=Nederlandse pantser – en pantserdekschepen |date=5 August 2012 |pages=3}}</ref> The first protected cruiser was launched in 1890 and called {{HNLMS|Sumatra|1890|6}}. It was a small cruiser with a heavy main gun; four years later a larger and more heavily armed protected cruiser was commissioned, which was called {{HNLMS|Koningin Wilhelmina der Nederlanden}}. In addition to these two cruisers, the Dutch also built six protected cruisers of the {{sclass|Holland|cruiser|4}}. The ''Holland''-class cruisers were commissioned between 1898 and 1901, and featured, besides other armaments, two [[15 cm SK L/40 naval gun|15 cm SK L/40]] single naval guns.

The Dutch protected cruisers have played a role in several international events. For example, during the Boxer Rebellion, two protected cruisers ({{HNLMS|Holland|1896|2}} and ({{HNLMS|Koningin Wilhelmina der Nederlanden||2}}) were sent to Shanghai to protect European citizens and defend Dutch interests.<ref name="Diplomatiek1901"> Ministerie van Buitenlandsche Zaken. Diplomatieke bescheiden – behoorende bij de Staatsbegroting voor het dienstjaar 1901, p. 11.</ref><ref>{{cite book| editor-last = Nordholt| editor-first = J. W. Schulte| editor-last2 = van Arkel| editor-first2 = D.| title = Acta historiae Neerlandica: Historical studies in the Netherlands| publisher = [[Brill Publishers]]| volume = IV| date = 1970| pages = 160–161, 163–164| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=cNcUAAAAIAAJ}}</ref>