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Encyclopedia > HNLMS Van Amstel (F831)
Career Netherlands Jack
Laid down: N/A
Launched: N/A
Commissioned: 1993
General Characteristics
Displacement: 3,300 tons
Length: 122 metres
Beam: 14.4 metres
Draught: 6.2 metres
Propulsion: 2 Rolls Royce (Spey 1A) 16700 hp (12.45 MW) gasturbines
2 Stork-Werkspoor 4895 hp (3.650 MW) diesel engines
Speed: 29 knots (54 km/h)
Complement: 154
Armament: Oto Melara 76 mm anti-air/anti-surface gun
Oerlikon 20 mm light cannon
Sea Sparrow Missile Vertical Launch System (VLS)
Harpoon Missile
Goalkeeper (point defence guns)
Mk. 46 Torpedoes
Lynx helicopter

HNLMS Van Amstel (F831) is a ship of the Karel Doorman class of multi-purpose frigates (also known as "M-fregat" class). Image File history File links The naval jack of the Netherlands. ... i dont like this page. ... Rolls-Royce is a set of companies, all deriving from the British automobile and aero-engine manufacturing company founded by Henry Royce and C.S. Rolls in 1906. ... Goalkeeper CIWS Goalkeeper is a Dutch close-in weapon system, the purpose of which is to defend a ship against incoming missiles and ballistic shells. ... The Karel Doorman class is a class of eight multi-purpose frigates of the Royal Netherlands Navy. ... Frigate is a name which has been used for several distinct types of warships at different times. ...


It assisted in the Dutch response to Hurricane Katrina Royal Netherlands Marine Corps Emblem Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende stated that the Netherlands was prepared to help the United States in a number of ways. ...


External links

  • Homepage of Hr.MS Van Amstel (in Dutch)


 
 

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