Zuiderkruis class support ship
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This article contains information about an as-yet unfinished ship.
It may contain preliminary or speculative information, and may not reflect the final version of the ship.
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| Class overview | |
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| Operators: |  Royal Netherlands Navy |
| Planned: | 1 |
| Completed: | 0 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 24,500 long tons (24,893 t) full load |
| Length: | 196.2 m (643 ft 8 in) |
| Beam: | 33.5 m (109 ft 11 in) |
| Draught: | 7.8 m (25 ft 7 in) |
| Propulsion: | Diesel-electric |
| Speed: | 20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h) |
| Range: | 9,800 nmi (18,100 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h) |
| Boats and landing craft carried: |
2 × LCVP |
| Capacity: | 38 × Leopard 2A6 tanks or 155 other heavy equipment |
| Troops: | over 600 marines |
| Complement: | 175 standard (300 extra beds) |
| Armament: | • 2 × Goalkeeper CIWS • 10 × .50 cal.machineguns |
| Aircraft carried: | 6 × NH90 or Chinook |
| Aviation facilities: | two-spot helideck and hangar for 6 helicopters |
The Zuiderkruis is a planned multi-function ship for amphibious operations. It has a large helicopter deck with two landing spots and a roll-on/roll-off deck. It will be the main support ship, along with the two Rotterdam-class LPDs, of the Royal Netherlands Navy.
The ship has command rooms for war staffs and a large hospital room with 20 treatment rooms. With this ship, the amphibious plan for the navy is complete with two LPD and one Joint Support Ship.
