HNLMS Van Amstel - F831



Name: HNLMS Van Amstel
Namesake: Jan van Amstel
Builder: Koninklijke Schelde Groep, Vlissingen
Laid down: 3 May 1987
Launched: 19 May 1990
Commissioned: 27 May 1993
Status: in active service
General characteristics
Class and type: Karel Doorman-class frigate
Displacement: 3,300 tons
Length: 122 m (400 ft)
Beam: 14.4 m (47 ft)
Draught: 6.2 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)
Range: 5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Endurance: 30 days
Complement: 154
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:
Aircraft carried: NH90 (as of 2013) helicopter

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