The N-class destroyer HMS Nonpareil was laid down at Dumbarton in May 1940, commissioned in June 1941, and transferred to the Dutch Navy under the name Tjerk Hiddes in May 1942. She participated in the occupation of Madagascar and escorted convoys in the Indian Ocean. In March 1951, the ship was transferred to the naval forces of independent Indonesia, where she received the name Gadjah Mada and was made flagship.