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The Dutch frigate HMS Van Amstel (F-831) |
| Class overview |
| Builders: |
Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding |
| Operators: |
Belgian Navy
Chilean Navy
Royal Netherlands Navy
Portuguese Navy |
| Completed: |
8 |
| Active: |
8 |
| General characteristics |
| Type: |
Karel Doorman class multi-purpose frigate |
| Displacement: |
2,800 tons standard; 3,320 tons full load |
| Length: |
401ft (122.3m) |
| Beam: |
47ft (14.4m) |
| Draught: |
20ft (6.1m) |
| Propulsion: |
CODAG
- 2 x Rolls Royce (Spey 1A) 16700 hp (12.45 MW) gas turbines
- 2 x Stork-Werkspoor 4895 hp (3.650 MW) diesel engines
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| Speed: |
30 knots (54 km/h) |
| Complement: |
154 |
Sensors and
processing systems: |
- Thales Smart-S Mk.1 long-range 3D survaillance and tracking radar
- Thales LW08 long-range surveillance radar
- Thales SeaWatcher 100 active phased array surface detection and tracking radar (NLD and BE ships only)
- Thales GateKeeper Electro-optical 360° survaillance system (NLD and BE ships only)
- Thales STIR 1.8 Tracking and Illumination Radar system
- Thales Scout surface surveillance and tactical navigation radar
- Thales PHS-36 Hull-mounted sonar
- Thales Anaconda VLF passive tactical towed array sonar
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| Armament: |
Guns:
Missiles & Torpedoes:
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| Aircraft carried: |
Chilean Navy: AS 532 Cougar, Portuguese Navy: Westland Super Lynx, Dutch & Belgian Navy: NH-90 |
| Aviation facilities: |
helicopter hangar and flightdeck |