HNLMS Van Amstel (F831)

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HNLMS Van Amstel (F831)
Career Netherlands Jack
Laid down: 3 May 1987
Launched: 19 May 1990
Commissioned: 27 May 1993
General characteristics
Displacement: 3,300 tons
Length: 122 metres
Beam:   14.4 m
Draught:     6.2 m
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
Aircraft carried: Lynx helicopter

HNLMS Van Amstel (F831) is a ship of the Karel Doorman class of multi-purpose frigates (also known as "M-fregat" class) of the Royal Netherlands Navy.

In 1995 it assisted in the response after Hurricane Luis at the island of Saint Martin in the Netherlands Antilles. It also was deployed in a multinational force in the Oman Sea in 2001/2002 in Operation Enduring Freedom. In 2005 it assisted in the Dutch response to Hurricane Katrina.

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HNLMS Van Amstel (bottom right) in a 5-country multinational fleet, during Operation Enduring Freedom in the Oman Sea. In four descending columns, from left to right: ITS Maestrale (F 570), De Grasse (D 612); USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), Charles De Gaulle (R 91), Surcouf (F 711); USS Port Royal (CG-73), HMS Ocean (L 12), USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67), HNLMS Van Amstel (F 831); and ITS Luigi Durand de la Penne (D 560).
HNLMS Van Amstel (bottom right) in a 5-country multinational fleet, during Operation Enduring Freedom in the Oman Sea. In four descending columns, from left to right: ITS Maestrale (F 570), De Grasse (D 612); USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), Charles De Gaulle (R 91), Surcouf (F 711); USS Port Royal (CG-73), HMS Ocean (L 12), USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67), HNLMS Van Amstel (F 831); and ITS Luigi Durand de la Penne (D 560).
Van Amstel, September 2005 in the Gulf of Mexico
Van Amstel, September 2005 in the Gulf of Mexico
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