Alkmaar-class minehunter

Haarlem
Class overview
NameAlkmaar class
BuildersVan der Giessen-De Noord, Alblasserdam
Operators
Preceded byDokkum class
Succeeded byVlissingen class
Cost1.3 billion Dutch guilders
Built1979–1989
In commission1983–present
Planned15
Completed15
Active14
Laid up1
General characteristics [1][2]
TypeMinehunter
Displacement510 t (500 long tons)
Length49.10 m (161 ft 1 in)
Beam8.90 m (29 ft 2 in)
Draft2.45 metres (8 ft 0 in)
Propulsion
Speed15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Range3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Boats & landing
craft carried
2 x PAP 104
Crew22-34
Sensors and
processing systems
  • 1 x DUBM 21B sonar
  • 1 x Racal Decca 1229 radar
  • EVEC plotting system
Armament1 x 20 mm machine gun

The Alkmaar class is a ship class of fifteen minehunters that were built in the Netherlands for the Royal Netherlands Navy.[3][4] They are based on the design of the Tripartite class, which was developed by a collaborative effort between the Netherlands, Belgium and France, and replaced the minesweepers and minehunters of the Dokkum class.[5][6][7]

  1. ^ van Amstel (1991), p. 80.
  2. ^ Woudstra (1982), p. 156.
  3. ^ Raven (1988), p. 185.
  4. ^ Schoonoord (2012), p. 320.
  5. ^ "Mijnenjager Delfzijl". Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). 10 August 1981.
  6. ^ Raven (1988), p. 141.
  7. ^ Schoonoord (2012), pp. 202–203.