On 22 February 1973, the Dutch government officially created a specialist counter-terrorism unit in response to the Munich massacre, when 11 Israeli athletes were murdered by Palestine pro-Fatah militants.

[3] The government felt the urge of protecting the nation against such incidents in the future, and so members of the Dutch Marine Corps were selected for this special unit.

[6] Operators used hand-to-hand combat and stun grenades against jailed terrorists, who had revolted and held the prison under siege.

[6] The best-known intervention mission was ending the combined siege of a train and a primary school, which was done by South Moluccan terrorists.

The raid was successful due to the fact that the Royal Netherlands Air Force was called in, with six F-104 Starfighter aircraft making very low flypast manoeuvres in full afterburn.

Ms. De Ruyter, that was tasked with the escort of cargo ships that were contracted by the United Nations' World Food Programme.

Ms. Tromp re-captured the German container ship MS Taipan off the coast of Somalia, that was under the control of Somali pirates.

A video released by the Royal Netherlands Navy, shows helmet camera footage of the Marines storming and re-taking the ship.