HNLMS Johan de Witt

HNLMS Johan de Witt with welldock submersed
HNLMS Johan de Witt with welldock submersed
History
Netherlands
NameJohan de Witt
NamesakeJohan de Witt
Operator Royal Netherlands Navy
Builder
Costƒ260m [1]
Laid down18 June 2003
Launched13 May 2006
Commissioned30 November 2007
HomeportDen Helder
Identification
Motto
  • Ago Quod Ago
  • (I do what I do)
Statusin active service
Badge
General characteristics
TypeRotterdam-class landing platform dock
Displacement16,800 t full
Length176.35 m (578 ft 7 in)
Beam29 m (95 ft 2 in)
Draught6 m (19 ft 8 in)
Propulsion
Speed19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Range6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Endurance6 weeks
Boats & landing
craft carried
Capacity170 armoured personnel carriers or 33 main battle tanks
Troops555 marines
Complement146
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Thales Netherlands Variant 2D Combined air / surface radar
  • Thales Netherlands Gatekeeper E/O Warning system
  • SATCOM, Link 11, JMCIS
Electronic warfare
& decoys		4 x Sippican Hycor SRBOC MK36 launcher
Armament
Aircraft carried6 x NH90 NFH or 6 x H215M Cougar or 4 x CH-47F Chinook helicopters
Aviation facilitiesHangar and stern helicopter flight deck with two landing spots

HNLMS Johan de Witt (Dutch: Zr.Ms. Johan de Witt) is the second Rotterdam-class landing platform dock[citation needed] of the Royal Netherlands Navy. It is an improved design of Rotterdam, which was designed in conjunction between the Netherlands and Spain.[2] The ship, displacing 16,800 tons, was launched on 13 May 2006.[3] The motto of the ship is Ago Quod Ago, translated as I do what I do.[3]

  1. ^ Jaime Karremann (2015-03-19). "Johan de Witt Landing Platform Dock" (in Dutch). marineschepen.nl. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  2. ^ "Rotterdam Class Landing Platform Dock (LPD), Netherlands". www.naval-technology.com. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  3. ^ a b "L 801 - HNLMS Johan de Witt". www.seaforces.org. Retrieved 2 December 2012.