HNLMS De Ruyter at sea
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History | |
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Netherlands | |
Name | De Ruyter |
Namesake | Michiel de Ruyter |
Builder | KM de Schelde, Vlissingen |
Laid down | 22 December 1971 |
Launched | 9 March 1974 |
Commissioned | 3 June 1976 |
Decommissioned | 3 October 2001 |
Fate | Broken up |
General characteristics | |
Type | Tromp class |
Displacement |
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Length | 133.2 m (437 ft 0 in) |
Beam | 14.8 m (48 ft 7 in) |
Draught | 6.6 m (21 ft 8 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Range | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 18 kn (21 mph; 33 km/h) |
Complement | 306 |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × Westland Lynx helicopter |
Aviation facilities | 1 helicopter pad & hangar |
HNLMS De Ruyter (F806) (Dutch: Hr.Ms. De Ruyter) was a frigate of the Tromp class. The ship was in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy from 1976 to 2001. The frigate was named after Dutch naval hero Michiel de Ruyter. The ship's radio call sign was "PAEP".[1]