De Zeven Provinciën-class Frigate

HNLMS De Zeven Provincien, a stealth design of frigate and command ship of the Dutch Navy, outward bound from HMNB Portsmouth on September 21^st, 2009.

The De Zeven Provinciën-class frigates are highly advanced air-defence and command frigates in service with the Koninklijke Marine (Royal Netherlands Navy). This class of ships is also known as LCF (Luchtverdedigings- en commandofregat, air defense and command frigate). The ships are similar to the German Sachsen-class frigates in role and mission.

Specifications

• Type: Air Defense and Command Frigate
• Cost: €600 million ($816 million)
• Service Period: 2002-Present
• Characteristics
  • Length: 473.2 feet (144.23 meters)
  • Beam: 61.71 feet (18.81 meters)
  • Draught: 17 feet (5.182 meters)
  • Displacement: 6,670 tons
• Crew: 232 (30 officers and 202 ratings)
• Range: 4,000 nautical miles (7,408 kilometers) at 18 knots (33.34 km/h)
• Speed: 30 knots (55.56 km/h)
• Propulsion: CODAG Propulsion
  • 2 x Rolls Royce Spey SM 1C gas turbines, 52,280 shp (40 MW)
  • 2 x Wärtsilä 16V6ST diesel engines, 11,260 shp (8.5 MW)
  • 2 x propeller shafts, controllable pitch propellers
• Sensor Suite:
  • Thales Nederland SMART-L long-range air and surface surveillance radar
  • Thales Nederland APAR air and surface search, tracking and guidance radar (I band)
  • DECCA NAV navigation radar
  • Thales Nederland Scout (Low Probability of Intercept)surface search/navigation radar
  • 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 sonar
  • 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 40-cell Mk.41 mod 11 VLS (32 RIM-156 SM-2ER and 32 RIM-161 ESSM (Quad-packed))
  • 2 x 4-canister Mk.141 Harpoon SSM Launcher (fires RGM-84 Harpoon 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
• Aircraft Carried: 1 x NHIndustries NH90 maritime helicopter
• Aviation Facilities: Hangar and flight deck for 1 medium sized helicopter

Unit Run

• HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën (F802)
• HNLMS Tromp (F803)
• HNLMS De Ruyter (F804)
• HNLMS Evertsen (F805)