Rotterdam class amphibious transport dock

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The Rotterdam at Sail Amsterdam 2005 (seen from a helicopter deck)

The Rotterdam class is a Landing Platform Dock or LPD amphibious warfare ship with a large helicopter deck and a dock for large landing craft. Her pennant number is L800 and the size is 166 meters length and displacement 12,750 tonnes. HNLMS Rotterdam was launched in 1997 and a second LPD, HNLMS Johan de Witt was launched in february 2007. The Johan de Witt is equipped with command and control facilities. The class was a joint design between the Netherlands and Spain. The two ships of the Spanish Galicia-class are the Galicia (commissioned in 1998) and the Castilla (2001).

[edit] Specifications

Type: Landing platform Dock
Length: 166.20 m
Beam: 25.00 m
Draft: 5.80 m
Displacement: 12.750 tonnes full load
Propulsion: Diesel-electric system
- 4 x Stork Wartsila 12SW28 diesel generators at 14.6 MW
- 4 x Holec electric motor (two in tandem per shaft) at 12 MW
- 2 shafts
- bow thruster
- Range: 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 12 kt
- Maximum Speed: 19 knots (35 km/h)
Sensors:
- DA08 air / surface search
- IRSCAN
- SATCOM, Link 11, JMCIS
Countermeasures:
- 4 Sippican Hycor SRBOC MK36 launcher
- 1 AN/SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy
Armament:
- 2 Goalkeeper CIWS guns
- 10 Oerlikon Contraves 20 mm machine guns
Hangar for 6 AgustaWestland Lynx or NH-90 helicopter
Endurance: 6 weeks
Complement: 128 + 611 marines
Boats:
- 6 LCU's or 4 LCVP's (The Johan de Witt can accommodate 2 LCAC's)