Royal Netherlands Navy

The Koninklijke Marine (Royal Netherlands Navy) is the navy of the Netherlands. In the mid-17th century the Dutch Navy was one of the most powerful navies in the world and it played an active role in the wars of the Dutch Republic and later those of the Batavian Republic and the Kingdom of the Netherlands. In recent times the Royal Netherlands Navy takes part in expeditionary peacekeeping and peace enforcing operations.

Royal Netherlands Navy in The War That Came Early
After the defeat of the Netherlands during the last days of 1938, the Royal Netherlands Navy managed to escape capture, however, the Germans managed a stroke of luck, capturing the O-25 and O-26 Submarines of the Dutch Navy. This gave German engineers access to snorkel technology, which was employed in their own U-Boats.