HNLMS Evertsen (F805)
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Career (Netherlands) | |
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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.