Federation ship that was sent to monitor the situation around Wotal Prime after the Potemkin had left orbit.

It was later called away from the Wotal Prime to join a flotilla consisting of the Potemkin, Trafalgar, Utrecht, and Bellerophon around Neria in order to protect it from a Wotal invasion. After the Wotal had been successfully repulsed, Admiral Atherton ordered that the de Ruyter join the Bellerophon in being stationed permanently around Neria.