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| HNLMS De Zeven Provincien (F802) outward bound from Portsmouth Naval Base, UK, on 21 September 2009. |
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| Class overview | |
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| Operators: |  Royal Netherlands Navy |
| Preceded by: | Tromp-class frigate |
| Cost: | €600 million ($816 million) |
| In commission: | April 26, 2002 |
| Completed: | 4 |
| Active: | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Air-defense and command frigate |
| Displacement: | 6,050 tonnes (full load) |
| Length: | 144.24 m (473.2 ft) |
| Beam: | 18.80 m (61.7 ft) |
| Draught: | 5.18 m (17.0 ft) |
| Propulsion: | Combined diesel and gas 2 × Wärtsilä 16 V26 diesel engines, 4.2 MW (5,600 hp) each 2 × Rolls Royce Spey SM 1C gas turbines, 18.5 MW (24,800 hp) each 4 × GEC Alsthom Paxman diesel-generators, 1,650 kW (2,210 hp) each (To be replaced by Wärtsilä) 2 × propeller shafts, controllable pitch propellers |
| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Range: | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Complement: | 30 officers, 202 ratings |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
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 & decoys: |
2 x Thomson Racal (now Thales) Sabre ECM suite 4 x Sippican Hycor SRBOC MK36 launcher 1 x AN/SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy |
| Armament: | Guns:
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| Aircraft carried: | 1 x NH-90 helicopter |
| Aviation facilities: | Hangar and flight deck for 1 medium sized helicopter |