HNLMS Van Amstel (F831)

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 Captain Jan van Amstel.

HNLMS Van Amstel (F831)
History
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
Identification:
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
& 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

History

1990s

In 1995 the ship assisted in the response after Hurricane Luis at the island of Sint Maarten in the Netherlands Antilles.

2000s

The ship was deployed in a multinational force in the Oman Sea in 2001/2002 in Operation Enduring Freedom.

In September 2005 the ship assisted in the Dutch response to Hurricane Katrina by sending its sailors ashore to southern Mississippi to distribute aid supplies to hurricane victims in conjunction with Mexican marines, U.S. Navy sailors, and U.S. Marines.[1][2]

HNLMS Van Amstel (F831) at Leith, 2018
gollark: A single active cryotheum cooler and then 26 cells?
gollark: Wait, for the middle layer, can't you use cryotheum where some of the copper coolers are and maybe run TBU-ox?
gollark: Use that, then.
gollark: Well, post your design then, and I can try and optimize it.
gollark: I mean, great for power generation, but not good for actually storing ordered matter.

References
  1. "Photograph by Mark Wolfe taken on 09/12/2005 in Mississippi". FEMA. Archived from the original on 2017-05-15.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  2. "Photograph by Mark Wolfe taken on 09/12/2005 in Mississippi". FEMA. Archived from the original on 2017-05-15.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
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