HNLMS Evertsen (F805)

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HNLMS Evertsen (F805)
Career (Netherlands) Netherlands Jack
Laid down: 6 September 2001
Launched: 19 April 2003
Commissioned: 10 June 2005
General characteristics
Class and type: De Zeven Provinciën class frigate
Displacement: 6,050 tonnes (full load)
Length: 144.24 m
Beam: 18.80 m
Draft: 5.18 m
Propulsion: 2 propeller shafts, controllable pitch propellers
2 Wärtsilä 16V6ST diesel engines, 8.4 MW each
2 Rolls Royce Spey SM1C gas turbines, 18.5 MW each
4 GEC Alsthom Paxman diesel-generators, 1650 kW each
Speed: 30 knots
Complement: 174 (202 incl. command staff)
Armament: 5×8 Mk41 vertical launch system with 8 cells each
Standard armament: 8×4 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile 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 launchers
1 Oto Melara 127 mm/54 dual-purpose gun
2 Oerlikon Contraves 20 mm machine guns
2 twin MK32 Mod 9 torpedo launchers with Raytheon MK46 Mod 5 torpedoes

HNLMS Evertsen (F805) (Dutch: Hr.Ms. Evertsen) is the fourth De Zeven Provinciën class frigate of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Before this one, seven more Dutch navy ships were named HNLMS Evertsen, see HNLMS Evertsen for a list. They all have been named after a family from Zeeland with many sea heroes.

Hr Ms Evertsen visited South Africa in late 2007 as part of a NATO task force on a friendship visit.

HNLMS Evertsen (F805) at anchor near Plymouth Hoe (May 2007), England
HNLMS Evertsen (F805) at anchor near Plymouth Hoe (May 2007), England

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