| Career (Netherlands) | |
|---|---|
| Laid down: | 1 September 2000 |
| Launched: | 13 April 2002 |
| Commissioned: | March 2004 |
| 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 (227 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 De Ruyter (F804) (Dutch Hr. Ms. De Ruyter) is the third De Zeven Provinciën class frigate of the Royal Netherlands Navy. It was laid down in 2000, launched in 2002, and commissioned in 2004. The frigate is named after the famous Dutch admiral Michiel de Ruyter (1607–1676).[1]
The frigate should not be mistaken with the former Hr. Ms. De Ruyter (F806), which was a Tromp class frigate build in the 1970s, nor the current BAP Almirante Grau, a Peruvian gun cruiser that was known as the De Ruyter while in Dutch service.
As of 19 november 2010, Commander Richard Keulen is HNLMS De Ruyter's commanding officer.[2] Previously it was commanded by Commander Jeanette Morang. She was the first woman to command a Netherlands Navy frigate.