[1] HNLMS Friesland was one of eight Friesland-class destroyers and was built at the NDSM in Amsterdam.

The keel laying took place on 17 December 1951 and the launching on 21 February 1953.

[2] In July 1956 Friesland, the destroyer Zeeland and the cruiser De Zeven Provinciën visited Leningrad for the first time since 1914.

Where they were officially welcomed at the harbor of Kronstadt by the Soviet authorities.

[3] In 1962 during the West New Guinea dispute Friesland thwarted an Indonesian landing on the island of Misool, at that time part of Netherlands New Guinea.