HNLMS Van Amstel (F831)
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| Career (Netherlands) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HNLMS Van Amstel |
| Namesake: | Jan van Amstel |
| Builder: | Koninklijke Schelde Groep, Vlissingen |
| Laid down: | 3 May 1987 |
| Launched: | 19 May 1990 |
| Commissioned: | 27 May 1993 |
| Status: | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Karel Doorman-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 3,300 tons |
| Length: | 122 m (400 ft) |
| Beam: | 14.4 m (47 ft) |
| Draught: | 6.2 m (20 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2 Rolls Royce (Spey 1A) 16700 hp (12.45 MW) gasturbines 2 Stork-Werkspoor 4895 hp (3.650 MW) diesel engines |
| Speed: | 29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph) (gas turbines) 21 kn (39 km/h; 24 mph) (diesels) |
| Range: | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Endurance: | 30 days |
| Complement: | 154 |
| Sensors and processing systems: | • Thales Nederland LW-08 early warning radar • Thales Nederland SMART-S 3-D air-search • SeaWatcher 100 active phased array surface detection and tracking radar • Thales Gatekeeper Staring Electro-Optic Ship Security System • Thales Scout surface search radar • 2× Thales STIR-18 fire control radar • Decca 1609/9 navigation radar • PHS-36 active bow sonar |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: | Thales Vigile APX Radar Electronic Support Measures |
| Armament: | • 1× Oto Melara 76 mm anti-air/anti-surface gun • 16-cell Mark 48 Vertical Launch System (VLS) - 16 Sea Sparrow missile • 8×Harpoon anti-ship missiles • 1 ×Goalkeeper CIWS (point defence gun) • 4× Mk 32 324 mm torpedo tubes, Mark 46 torpedoes |
| Aircraft carried: | NH90 (as of 2013) 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. Built by the shipyard Koninklijke Schelde Groep in Vlissingen. The ship is named after the Dutch Commandeur Jan van Amstel.
In 1995 it assisted in the response after Hurricane Luis at the island of Sint Maarten 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.
Van Amstel, September 2005 in the Gulf of Mexico
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