HNLMS De Ruyter (F804)

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Career
Laid down:	1 September 2000
Launched:	13 April 2002
Commissioned:	?
General Characteristics
Displacement:	6,050 tons
Length:	144
Beam:	17 m
Draught:	5 m
Propulsion:	2× Wartsila16 V26 13,600 hp diesel engines 2× Rolls Royce Spey SM 1A 52,300 hp gas turbines
Speed:	30 knots
Complement:	174 (202 incl. command staff)
Armament:	5× Mk41 vertical launch system with 8 cells each Standard armament: 32 ESSM (4 per cell) and 32 SM-2 IIIA surface-to-air missiles Another 8 cell MK41 VLS can be added 2× Goalkeeper CIWS guns 2× Quadruple Harpoon anti-ship missile launcher 1× Oto Breda 127mm/54 dual-purpose gun 2× Oerlikon Contraves 20mm machine guns 2× Twin MK32 Mod 9 torpedo launchers with Raytheon MK46 Mod 5 torpedoes

HNLMS De Ruyter (F804) (Dutch Hr. Ms. De Ruyter) is a De Zeven Provinciën class frigate. It should not be mistaken with the Hr. Ms. De Ruyter (F806) Tromp class destroyer. It is commanded by Commander R.P. Bauer.^[1] Before this one, thirteen more Dutch navy ships were named HNLMS De Ruyter, see HNLMS De Ruyter for a list. They all have been named after Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter.

[edit] References

1. ^ Koninklijke Marine - "Hr. Ms. De Ruyter" (Dutch). Retrieved on 2006-07-09.