The De Zeven Provinciën-class destroyers are highly advanced air-defence and command destroyers in service with the Koninklijke Marine (Royal Netherlands Navy). The ships are similar to the German Sachsen-class destroyers in role and mission.
Specifications[]
- Type: Air Defense and Command Frigate
- Cost: €600 million ($816 million)
- Service Period: 2002-Present
- Characteristics
- Length: 560 feet (170.69 meters)
- Beam: 61.71 feet (18.81 meters)
- Draught: 21 feet (5.182 meters)
- Displacement: 8,750 tons (Full Load)
- Crew: 232 (30 officers and 202 ratings)
- Range: 4,000 nautical miles (7,408 kilometers) at 18 knots (33.34 km/hr)
- Speed: 30 knots (55.56 km/hr)
- Propulsion: CODAG Propulsion
- 2 x Wärtsilä 16 V26 diesel engines, 4.2 MW (5,600 hp) each
- 4 x Rolls Royce Spey SM 1C gas turbines, 18.5 MW (24,800 hp) each
- 4 x GEC Alsthom Paxman diesel-generators, 1,650 kW (2,210 hp) each (To be replaced by Wärtsilä)
- 2 x propeller shafts, controllable pitch propellers
- Sensor Suite:
- Thales Nederland SMART-L long-range air and surface surveillance RDF
- Thales Nederland APAR air and surface search, tracking and guidance RDF (I band)
- DECCA NAV navigation RDF
- Thales Nederland Scout (Low Probability of Intercept)surface search/navigation RDF
- Thales Nederland Sirius IRST long-range infrared surveillance and tracking system
- Thales Nederland Mirador optical surveillance and tracking system
- Atlas Elektronik DSQS-24C hull-mounted ASDIC
- MK XII IFF system
- Electronic Warfare and Countermeasures
- 2 x Thomson Racal (now Thales) Sabre ECM suite
- 4 x Sippican Hycor SRBOC MK36 launcher
- 1 x AN/SLQ-25C Nixie torpedo decoy
- Armament
- 1 x OTO-Melara 127mm/54-caliber dual purpose gun
- 1 x 64-cell VLS (fires GWS.26 VL-Sea Wolf AAMs, GWS.31 VL-Sea Dart Mk.II, VL-Orca ASW missiles, and Storm Wind cruise missiles)
- 2 x 4-canister SSM Launcher (fires RBS.15 Mk.III AShM)
- 2 x Mk.32 Mod-9 twin fire torpedo tubes (fires Raytheon Mk.46 Mod 5 torpedoes)
- 4 x 12.7mm M2 Browning machine guns
- 6 x 7.62mm FN MAG machine guns
- 2 x 30mm Goalkeeper CIWS
- Aviation Facilities: Hangar and flight deck for 1 medium sized helicopter
- Aircraft Carried: 1 x NHIndustries NH90
Unit Run[]
- HNLMS De Zeven Provincien (DM 820)
- HNLMS De Betuwe (DM 821)
- HNLMS Rivierotter (DM 822)
- HNLMS De Eems (DM 823)
- HNLMS De IJssel (DM 824)
- HNLMS Gouda (DM 825)
- HNLMS Vlaardingen (DM 826)
- HNLMS Zeegras (DM 827)
- HNLMS Salamander (DM 828)
- HNLMS Fonteinkruid (DM 829)
- HNLMS Moeras (DM 830)
- HNLMS De Veluwe (DM 831)