HNLMS Van Amstel (F831)

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HNLMS Van Amstel (F831)
HNLMS Van Amstel (F831)
History
Netherlands
NameHNLMS Van Amstel
Namesake
Builder, Vlissingen
Laid down3 May 1987
Launched19 May 1990
Commissioned27 May 1993
Identification
Statusin active service
General characteristics
Class and type Karel Doorman-class frigate
Displacement3,300 tons
Length122 m (400 ft)
Beam14.4 m (47 ft)
Draught6.2 m (20 ft)
Propulsion
  • 2 Rolls Royce (Spey 1A) 16700 hp (12.45 MW) gasturbines
  • 2 Stork-Werkspoor 4895 hp (3.650 MW) diesel engines
Speed
  • 29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph) (gas turbines)
  • 21 kn (39 km/h; 24 mph) (diesels)
Range5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Endurance30 days
Complement154
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Thales Nederland LW-08 early warning radar
  • Thales Nederland SMART-S 3-D air-search
  • SeaWatcher 100 active phased array surface detection and tracking radar
  • Thales Gatekeeper
  • Staring Electro-Optic Ship Security System
  • Thales Scout surface search radar
  • 2× Thales STIR-18 fire control radar
  • Decca 1609/9 navigation radar
  • PHS-36 active bow sonar
Electronic warfare
& decoys		Thales Vigile APX Radar Electronic Support Measures
Armament
  • 1× Oto Melara 76 mm anti-air/anti-surface gun
  • 16-cell Mark 48 Vertical Launch System (VLS) - 16 Sea Sparrow missile
  • 8 × Harpoon anti-ship missiles
  • 1 ×Goalkeeper CIWS (point defence gun)
  • 4× Mk 32 324 mm torpedo tubes, Mark 46 torpedoes
Aircraft carriedNH90 (as of 2013) helicopter

HNLMS Van Amstel (F831) is a ship of the Karel Doorman-class of multi-purpose frigates (also known as "M-fregat" class) of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Built by the shipyard in Vlissingen. The ship is named after the Dutch Captain .

History[]

1990s[]

In 1995 the ship assisted in the response after Hurricane Luis at the island of Sint Maarten in the Netherlands Antilles.

2000s[]

The ship was deployed in a multinational force in the Oman Sea in 2001/2002 in Operation Enduring Freedom.

In September 2005 the ship assisted in the Dutch response to Hurricane Katrina by sending its sailors ashore to southern Mississippi to distribute aid supplies to hurricane victims in conjunction with Mexican marines, U.S. Navy sailors, and U.S. Marines.[1][2]

HNLMS Van Amstel (F831) at Leith, 2018

References[]

  1. ^ "Photograph by Mark Wolfe taken on 09/12/2005 in Mississippi". FEMA. Archived from the original on 2017-05-15.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ "Photograph by Mark Wolfe taken on 09/12/2005 in Mississippi". FEMA. Archived from the original on 2017-05-15.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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