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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HNLMS Amsterdam |
| Builder: | Schelde Group, Flushing |
| Commissioned: | 1995 |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2010[update] |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Displacement: | 17,040 t (16,771 long tons) |
| Length: | 166 m (544 ft 7 in) o/a |
| Beam: | 22 m (72 ft 2 in) |
| Draught: | 8 m (26 ft 3 in) |
| Propulsion: | MAN/Bazan diesels, 24,000 hp (17,897 kW) |
| Speed: | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
| Capacity: |
6,700 tonnes of diesel oil 1,660 tonnes of aviation fuel 500 tonnes of cargo |
| Complement: | 160 |
| Electronic warfare & decoys: |
Radar interception system Chaff |
| Armament: |
• 1 × 30 mm (1 in) Goalkeeper CIWSs • 2 × 12.7 mm (1 in) machine guns |
| Aircraft carried: | 4 × Lynx or 3 × NH-90 helicopters |
HNLMS Amsterdam
HNLMS Amsterdam (A836) is the last replenishment ship serving with the Royal Netherlands Navy. The Amsterdam entered service in 1995.
HNLMS Amsterdam deployed to the Middle East as part of Operation Enduring Freedom during 2005/2006 and provided assistance to two American naval vessels after a battle they had fought with pirates on March 18, 2006.
The Amsterdam was assigned in December 2010 to the coast of Côte d'Ivoire in order to assist in a possible evacuation of European Union citizens from the country in the wake of unrest after the 2010 presidential election.[2]
The Amsterdam is scheduled to be decommissioned in 2014, when the new Joint Logistic Support Ship Karel Doorman is scheduled to be commissioned.
References
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- Notes
- ↑ "Supply ships – Ministry of Defence". defensie.nl. http://www.defensie.nl/english/subjects/materiel/ships/supply_ships. Retrieved 22 June 2010.
- ↑ "Netherlands sends warship to Ivory Coast". The Guardian. 24 December 2010. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/24/netherlands-warship-ivory-coast. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
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