HNLMS Eendracht (AA 803) with two LCVPs in the Gulf of Aden on August 13th, 2013.
The Kijkduin-class is a Landing Platform Dock (LPD) amphibious warfare ship of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The class was the result of a joint project between the Netherlands and Spain, which resulted in the Enforcer design. The ships are equipped with a large helicopter deck for helicopter operations and a dock for large landing craft. The ships have a complete Class II hospital, including an operating theater and intensive care facilities. A surgical team can be stationed on board. The ship also has a desalination system enabling it to convert seawater into drinking water.
The Kijkduin-class is 580 feet in length and displaces 16,840 tons.
Specifications[]
- Type: Amphibious Transport Dock
- Service Period: 1998-Present
- Characteristics:
- Length: 580 feet (176.78 meters)
- Beam: 82 feet (25 meters)
- Draft: 19 feet (5.8 meters)
- Displacement: 16,841 tons
- Capacity: 611 marines and 130 APCs or 33 MBTs
- Crew: 128
- Endurance: 42 days
- Propulsion: 4 x Stork Wärtsilä 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 (11,112 kilometers) at 12 knots (22.22 km/h)
- Speed: 19 knots (35.19 km/h)
- Sensor Suite:
- Signaal DA08 air / surface search RDF
- IRSCAN
- SATCOM
- Link 11
- JMCIS
- Countermeasures:
- 4 x Nulka decoy system
- 4 x Sea Gnat
- Rheinmetall MASS
- surface Ship Torpedo Defence System
- Armament:
- 2 x Goalkeeper CIWS guns
- 4 x Oerlikon Contraves 20 mm machine guns
- Aviation Facilities: Hangar for 6 x AgustaWestland Lynx or NH-90 helicopter and stern helicopter flight deck
- Boats Carried: 6 x LCU or 4 x LCVP or 2 x LCAC
Unit Run[]
- HNLMS Kijkduin (AA 802)
- HNLMS Eendracht (AA 803)
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