Piet Hein) was a Evertsen-class coastal defence ship of the Royal Netherlands Navy.

The ship was equipped with 2 shaft reciprocating engines, which were rated at 4,700 ihp (3,500 kW) and produced a top speed of 16 knots (30 km/h).

[1] Towards the end of the nineteenth century Naval expert and Chief of the Navy Staff Gerhardus Kruys advocated for a squadron of artillery ships to better defend the Dutch East Indies, in response to international expansion of battle fleets.

Subsequently the Dutch Government approved the construction of the Evertsen class of armoured ships.

In 1900 the Piet Hein, joined by the Holland and the Koningin Wilhelmina der Nederlanden, was sent to Shanghai to saveguard European citizens and Dutch interests in the region during the Boxer Rebellion.