Van Kinsbergen) was a unique sloop of the Royal Netherlands Navy build by Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij.

Van Kinsbergen was laid down on by Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij on 11 September 1937 and was launched on 5 January 1939 and completed on 21 August 1939.

On 26 August 1939, Van Kinsbergen left Den Helder port to meet with the Dutch submarine O 13 in the English Channel.

On the evening of 1 November, Van Kinsbergen left port to intercept a British destroyer that had entered territorial waters; this was forbidden because of the Netherlands′ declaration of neutrality in September 1939.

On 10 May 1940, war with Germany broke out, and boarding parties from Van Kinsbergen captured eight German merchant ships which were present at Curaçao, all were placed in service of the KNSM.

She patrolled with allied ships and in the second half of July she was taking part in a search operation to find the German raider Widder together with British cruisers.

On 20 August 1940 Van Kinsbergen encountered the heavy cruiser USS Tuscaloosa somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean.

[2] On 26 May 1941, Van Kinsbergen captured the Vichy French liner SS Winnipeg, which was sent to Port of Spain, Trinidad, and handed over to the British Ministry of War Transport.

She was assigned to a "Killer-Group" patrolling the western part of the Atlantic Ocean, where she received the nickname "Flying Dutchman".

On 14 October 1945 Van Kinsbergen set sail for the Dutch East Indies, exactly a year later she arrived back in the Netherlands.