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Rotterdam
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Netherlands | |
Name | Rotterdam |
Namesake | Rotterdam |
Operator | Royal Netherlands Navy |
Builder | Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding |
Cost | $140m [1] |
Laid down | 23 February 1996 |
Launched | 22 February 1997 |
Commissioned | 18 April 1998 |
Homeport | Den Helder |
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Status | in active service |
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General characteristics | |
Type | Rotterdam-class landing platform dock |
Displacement |
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Length | 166 metres (545 ft) |
Beam | 27 metres (89 ft) |
Draft | 6 metres (20 ft) |
Propulsion |
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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 | 4 x LCVP |
Capacity | 90 armoured personnel carriers or 32 main battle tanks[2] |
Troops | 611 marines |
Crew | 128 |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | 1 × AN/SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy |
Armament |
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Aviation facilities | Hangar for 6 x AgustaWestland Lynx or 3 x NH90 NFH or H215M Cougar helicopter and stern helicopter flight deck |
HNLMS Rotterdam (Dutch: Zr.Ms. Rotterdam) is the lead ship in the Rotterdam-class landing platform dock[citation needed] of the Royal Netherlands Navy.[3] The ship is named after the Dutch city of Rotterdam.