Nieuwe Haven Naval Base

Nieuwe Haven is a Royal Netherlands Navy base in Den Helder and the largest naval base in the Netherlands.Already before World War I, Willemsoord had become too small for major warships. The wet dock was 325 m long and 135 m wide. The entrance was at the long side, and by then even light cruisers were about 120 m long. In the 1920s the light cruiser Java of 155 m could not visit the wet dock. After World War II, the Dutch government established a commission to find a site for a new naval base. It was given a choice between IJmuiden, Rotterdam, Vlissingen or Den Helder. In 1947 it was decided Den Helder would become the Netherlands' main naval base. A definitive plan for the new harbor was completed in 1948 and estimated its cost at 29 million florins.

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