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:	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 carried:	NH90 (as of 2013) helicopter