NRP Bartolomeu Dias (F333)

History
Netherlands
Name	Van Nes
Namesake	Aert Jansse van Nes
Builder	Koninklijke Schelde Groep, Vlissingen
Laid down	10 January 1990
Launched	16 May 1992
Commissioned	2 June 1994
Decommissioned	20 December 2007
Status	sold to Portugal
History
Portugal
Name	Bartolomeu Dias
Namesake	Bartolomeu Dias
Owner	Portuguese Navy
Acquired	16 January 2009
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Template:Sclass-
Displacement	3,320 tons
Length	122.25 m (401.1 ft)
Beam	14.37 m (47.1 ft)
Draught	4.3 m (14 ft)
Propulsion	2 Rolls Royce (Spey 1A) 16,700 hp (12.5 MW) gasturbines 2 Stork-Werkspoor 4,895 hp (3.650 MW) diesel engines
Speed	29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Complement	174
Armament	1× Oto Melara 76 mm anti-air/anti-surface gun 1 ×Goalkeeper CIWS (point defence gun) 4× Mk 32 324 mm torpedo tubes, Mark 46 torpedoes
Aircraft carried	1 × Lynx helicopter

HNLMS Van Nes was a ship of the Template:Sclass- of multi-purpose frigates of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Built by the shipyard Koninklijke Schelde Groep in Vlissingen. The ship is named after the Dutch Admiral Aert Jansse van Nes. She was sold to the Portuguese Navy where the ship was renamed Bartolomeu Dias.

Dutch service

Van Nes served in the NATO squadron STANAVFORLANT from 9 October to 31 December 1999 and again in 2001. The ship took part in Operation Enduring Freedom around the Arabian Peninsula.

External links

• Nederlandse-marine.nl
• mindef.nl
• scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 1998
• scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 2001