HNLMS Van Amstel (F831)

HNLMS *Van Amstel* (F831)
History
Netherlands
Name	HNLMS Van Amstel
Namesake	Jan van Amstel
Builder	Koninklijke Schelde Groep, Vlissingen
Laid down	3 May 1987
Launched	19 May 1990
Commissioned	27 May 1993
Identification	MMSI number: 245965000; Callsign: PAME;
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Template:Sclass-
Displacement	3,300 tons
Length	122 m (400 ft)
Beam	14.4 m (47 ft)
Draught	6.2 m (20 ft)
Propulsion	2 Rolls Royce (Spey 1A) 16700 hp (12.45 MW) gasturbines; 2 Stork-Werkspoor 4895 hp (3.650 MW) diesel engines;
Speed	29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph) (gas turbines); 21 kn (39 km/h; 24 mph) (diesels);
Range	5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Endurance	30 days
Complement	154
Sensors and ; processing systems	Thales Nederland LW-08 early warning radar; Thales Nederland SMART-S 3-D air-search; SeaWatcher 100 active phased array surface detection and tracking radar; Thales Gatekeeper; Staring Electro-Optic Ship Security System; Thales Scout surface search radar; 2× Thales STIR-18 fire control radar; Decca 1609/9 navigation radar; PHS-36 active bow sonar;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	Thales Vigile APX Radar Electronic Support Measures
Armament	1× Oto Melara 76 mm anti-air/anti-surface gun; 16-cell Mark 48 Vertical Launch System (VLS) - 16 Sea Sparrow missile; 8 × Harpoon anti-ship missiles; 1 ×Goalkeeper CIWS (point defence gun); 4× Mk 32 324 mm torpedo tubes, Mark 46 torpedoes;
Aircraft carried	NH90 (as of 2013) helicopter

HNLMS Van Amstel (F831) is a ship of the Template:Sclass- of multi-purpose frigates (also known as "M-fregat" class) of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Built by the shipyard Koninklijke Schelde Groep in Vlissingen. The ship is named after the Dutch Captain Jan van Amstel.

History

1990s

In 1995 the ship assisted in the response after Hurricane Luis at the island of Sint Maarten in the Netherlands Antilles.

2000s

The ship was deployed in a multinational force in the Oman Sea in 2001/2002 in Operation Enduring Freedom.

In September 2005 the ship assisted in the Dutch response to Hurricane Katrina by sending its sailors ashore to southern Mississippi to distribute aid supplies to hurricane victims in conjunction with Mexican marines, U.S. Navy sailors, and U.S. Marines.^[1]^[2]

References

^ "Photograph by Mark Wolfe taken on 09/12/2005 in Mississippi". FEMA. Archived from the original on 2017-05-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Photograph by Mark Wolfe taken on 09/12/2005 in Mississippi". FEMA. Archived from the original on 2017-05-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

External links

Homepage of Hr. Ms. Van Amstel (in Dutch)
Media related to F831 Zr.Ms. Van Amstel (ship, 1993) at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "Photograph by Mark Wolfe taken on 09/12/2005 in Mississippi". FEMA. Archived from the original on 2017-05-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[2] "Photograph by Mark Wolfe taken on 09/12/2005 in Mississippi". FEMA. Archived from the original on 2017-05-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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v t e Karel Doorman-class frigates
Royal Netherlands Navy	Karel Doorman Van Speijk Willem van der Zaan Tjerk Hiddes Van Amstel Abraham van der Hulst Van Nes Van Galen
Belgian Navy	Leopold I (ex-Karel Doorman) Louise-Marie (ex-Willem van der Zaan)
Chilean Navy	Almirante Blanco Encalada (ex-Abraham van der Hulst) Almirante Riveros (ex-Tjerk Hiddes)
Portuguese Navy	Bartolomeu Dias (ex-Van Nes) Dom Francisco de Almeida (ex-Van Galen)
Preceded by: Jacob van Heemskerck class Followed by: De Zeven Provinciën class