[2][3] HNLMS Zeeland was one of four Holland-class destroyers and was built at the Koninklijke Maatschappij de Schelde (KMS) in Vlissingen.

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

[3] In 1969 she attended a naval review at Spithead together with her sisters Holland and Noord-Brabant, the cruiser De Ruyter and the frigates Van Nes and Evertsen.

[3] In 1976 Zeeland, together with the frigates Tromp visited New York to attend a fleet review held on the Hudson river.

[3] In July 1976 Zeeland, together with the frigates Tromp, Van Nes, Van Galen, the destroyer Holland, the submarine Dolfijn and the replenishment ship Poolster visited New York in commemoration of the city's 200 years anniversary.