Rotterdam class amphibious transport dock

HNLMS Rotterdam in 1998
Class overview
Builders: Schelde Shipbuilding
Subclasses: Galicia class landing platform dock
Bay class landing ship dock
Planned: 2
Completed: 2
General characteristics
Type: Landing platform dock
Displacement: Rotterdam: 12,750 t
Johan de Witt: 16,800 t
Length: Rotterdam: 166 metres (545 ft)
Johan de Witt: 176.35 metres (578.6 ft)
Beam: 25 metres (82 ft)
Draft: 5.8 metres (19 ft)
Propulsion: Diesel-electric system
  • 4 x Stork Wärtsilä 12SW28 diesel generators at 14.6 MW
  • 4 x Holec electric motor (two in tandem per shaft) at 12 MW
  • 2 shafts
  • bow thruster
Speed: 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Range: 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Endurance: 6 weeks
Boats & landing
craft carried:
6 x LCU or 4 x LCVP (HNLMS Johan de Witt can accommodate 2 LCACs)
Capacity: 170 armoured personnel carriers or 33 main battle tanks
Troops: 611 marines
Crew: 128
Sensors and
processing systems:
DA08 air / surface search
IRSCAN
SATCOM, Link 11, JMCIS
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
4 x Sippican Hycor SRBOC MK36 launcher
1 x AN/SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy
Armament: 2 x Goalkeeper CIWS guns
4 x Oerlikon Contraves 20 mm machine guns
Aviation facilities: Hangar for 6 x AgustaWestland Lynx or NH-90 helicopter and stern helicopter flight deck