The history of Hellevoetsluis has always been connected with water.

Royal Charles, her draught too deep to be of use in the shallow Dutch waters, was permanently drydocked near Hellevoetsluis as a tourist attraction, with day trips being organised for large parties, often of foreign state guests ; after vehement protests by Charles that this insulted his honour, the official visits were ended and Royal Charles was eventually scrapped in 1672 ; however, part of her transom, bearing the coat of arms with the Lion and Unicorn and the Royal inscription Dieu et mon droit, was preserved because Charles earlier had demanded its removal and has since 1883 been put on display in the cellar of the Rijksmuseum of Amsterdam.

Hellevoetsluis () ( population: 39, 559 in November 2011, source CBS ( Dutch )) is a small city and municipality on Voorne-Putten Island in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland.

Hellevoetsluis is one of the largest water sports centres in the country.

In 1825, the Dutch government established a post office at Willemstad ; from then until 1834 a packet operated between there and Hellevoetsluis.

Hellevoetsluis is located on the Haringvliet with the sea, beach and dunes close by, on the extreme southern edge of the Rijnmond and Europoort areas, close to the broad Zeeland landscape.

Hellevoetsluis is twinned with Torbay, England.

It is a part of the municipality of Oostflakkee, and lies about 16 km south of Hellevoetsluis.

In 1640 De With was brought to trial when, his fleet having been dispersed by a storm, he had returned to Hellevoetsluis alone.

Understanding he was alone in his opinion De With at last agreed to withdraw the fleet to Hellevoetsluis, where it arrived on 12 October.

* November 1 – The Glorious Revolution: William III of Orange sets sail a second time from Hellevoetsluis in the Netherlands to take over England, Scotland and Ireland from King James II of England before the Glorious Revolution.

Rupert tried to outflank the smaller Dutch fleet hoping to force it to seek refuge in the naval port fortress of Hellevoetsluis, where it could be blocked while the transport fleet would be brought over to storm either Brill in Holland or Flushing on Walcheren in Zealand.

The Kanaal door Voorne ( Canal through Voorne ) was built in 1830 from Hellevoetsluis to Nieuwesluis ( near Heenvliet ) and made Hellevoetsluis an outport of Rotterdam.

During the time of the United Provinces Hellevoetsluis was the naval port of the Admiralty of de Maze ( Rotterdam ) and could accommodate an entire fleet within a special land-enclosed fortress with harbour and dockyard facilities, accessible through a canal.

Mail was sent by through the Post Office system using the packet boats that sailed between Harwich, England and Dutch port of Hellevoetsluis.

There are also streets named in his honor in Amsterdam, Amstelveen, The Hague, Hellevoetsluis, Leiden, Purmerend, Rotterdam and Utrecht.

* 1688 – William III of Orange sets out a second time from Hellevoetsluis in the Netherlands to invade England, Scotland and Ireland from King James II of England during the Glorious Revolution.

* April 26 – May 24, 1827-The Royal Netherlands Navy's British-built paddle steamer Curaçao makes the first Transatlantic Crossing by steam, from Hellevoetsluis to Paramaribo.

* April 26 – May 24 – The Royal Netherlands Navy's British-built paddle steamer Curaçao makes the first Transatlantic Crossing by steam, from Hellevoetsluis to Paramaribo.

She was launched in 1546, rebuilt three times and was burned by parliamentarian sailors at Hellevoetsluis in 1649.

The Haringvlietsluizen are floodgates, also part of the Delta Works, from Goedereede to the border of Westvoorne and Hellevoetsluis on the island of Voorne-Putten.

In later years the port was fortified more and more and Hellevoetsluis therefore became a unique combination of fortified town and naval port.

Hellevoetsluis in 1866.

In the first half of the 20th century, however, Hellevoetsluis went into decline.

After World War II Hellevoetsluis grew considerably.

This replica forms the heart of an exhibition on the development of Hellevoetsluis into a modern naval port at the beginning of the previous century.

It includes items that relate to the past of Hellevoetsluis as naval port as well as agriculture-related articles.

* New towns outside Flevoland are Hoofddorp and IJmuiden near Amsterdam, Hellevoetsluis and Spijkenisse near Rotterdam and the navy port Den Helder.

New towns outside Flevoland are Hoofddorp and IJmuiden near Amsterdam, Hellevoetsluis and Spijkenisse near Rotterdam and the navy port Den Helder.

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