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The HNLMS Kortenaer (F807) underway on January 1st, 1982.
The Kortenaer-class was a class of frigates of the Royal Netherlands Navy. They were built to be a general purpose frigate; able to combat all surface, submarine and aircraft targets. Like some of the other frigates of the 1970s and 1980s, they featured a COGOG (combined gas or gas) propulsion system. Eleven were built for the Royal Netherlands Navy, ten for the Royal Hellenic Navy, and eight for the Republic of Iran Navy.
Specifications[]
- Type: General Purpose Frigate
- Service Period: 1978-2011 (Netherlands); 1981-Present (Iran)
- Characteristics:
- Length: 426 feet 6 inches (130 meters)
- Beam: 47 feet 3 inches (14.4 meters)
- Draft: 14 feet 5 inches (4.4 meters)
- Displacement: 3,920 tons (Standard); 4,256 tons (Full Load)
- Crew: 186
- Cruising Speed: 20 knots (37.04 km/h)
- Maximum Speed: 30 knots (55.56 km/h)
- Propulsion: COGOG, 2 x Rolls Royce Tyne RM1C gas turbines, 2 x Rolls Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines, 2 shafts
- Range: 4,700 nautical miles (87,04.4 kilometers) at 16 knots (29.63 km/h)
- Armament
- 1 x OTO Melara 76mm/L62 naval gun
- 2 x 4-cell Broadsword Anti-Ship Missile]] Launchers
- 1 x 8-cell Thunderbolt AAM Launcher
- 2 x triple fire torpedo tubes (firing MU90 Impact torpedoes)
- 1 x 30mm Goalkeeper CIWS
- Aircraft Carried: 2 x Westland Sea Lynx helicopters
Unit Run[]
Netherlands[]
- HNLMS Kortenaer (F807)
- HNLMS Callenburgh (F808)
- HNLMS Van Kinsbergen (F809)
- HNLMS Banckert (F810)
- HNLMS Piet Hein (F811)
- HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen (F812)
- HNLMS Philips van Almonde (F813)
- HNLMS Bloys van Treslong (F814)
- HNLMS Pieter Florisz (F815)
- HNLMS Willem van der Zaan (F816)
Greece[]
- EA Elli (F-450)
- EA Limnos (F-451)
- EA Adrias (F-452)
- EA Aigaion (F-453)
- EA Navarinon (F-454)
- EA Kountouriotis (F-455)
- EA Bouboulina (F-456)
- EA Kanaris (F-457)
- EA Themistoklis (F-458)
- EA Nikiforos Fokas (F-459)
Iran[]
- RIS Tehran (F11)
- RIS Mashhad (F12)
- RIS Isfahan (F13)
- RIS Tabriz (F14)
- RIS Karaj (F15)
- RIS Shiraz (F16)
- RIS Ahvaz (F17)
- RIS Qom (F18)
United Arab Emirates[]
- Abu Dhabi (F01)
- Al Emirat (F02)