Rotterdam-class landing platform dock

Rotterdam on the Nieuwe Waterweg
Class overview
NameRotterdam class
BuildersDamen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding
Operators Royal Netherlands Navy
Cost
Built1996–2007
In commission1998–present
Planned2
Completed2
Active2
General characteristics
TypeLanding platform dock
Displacement
  • 12,750 t (Rotterdam)
  • 15,500 t (Johan de Witt)
Length
  • 166 m (544 ft 7 in) (Rotterdam)
  • 176.35 m (578 ft 7 in) (Johan de Witt)
Beam
  • 27 m (88 ft 7 in) (Rotterdam)
  • 29.2 m (95 ft 10 in) (Johan de Witt)
Draft5.9 m (19 ft 4 in)
Propulsion
Speed19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Range6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Endurance6 weeks
Boats & landing
craft carried
  • 4 x LCVP
  • 2 × 7 m (23 ft) RHIB, up to 4 x LCVP, 2 × LCU or 1 × LCAC in welldock. (Johan de Witt)
Capacity
  • 90 armoured personnel carriers or 32 main battle tanks (Rotterdam)[3]
  • 170 armoured personnel carriers or 33 main battle tanks (Johan de Witt)
Troops
  • 595 marines (Rotterdam)
  • 555 marines (Johan de Witt)
Complement
  • 139 (Rotterdam)
  • 146 (Johan de Witt)
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		1 × AN/SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy
Armament
Aircraft carried6 × NH90 NFH or 4 × CH-47F Chinook helicopters
Aviation facilitiesHangar and stern helicopter flight deck with two landing spots

The Rotterdam class[citation needed] are two landing platform dock (LPD) ships in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy. Built by Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding at Vlissingen, their mission is to carry out amphibious warfare by transporting the bulk of the Korps Mariniers. Each ship has both a large helicopter flight deck and a well deck for large landing craft, as well as space for up to 33 main battle tanks.

Rotterdam was commissioned in 1998 and Johan de Witt in 2007. Rotterdam and Johan de Witt are based at the Nieuwe Haven Naval Base in Den Helder, the Netherlands.

The class is the result of a joint project between Spain and the Netherlands for developing a common class of LPD that would fulfill the needs of both countries to replace older ships. This process produced the Enforcer design, which forms the basis of the Rotterdam class as well as the similar Galicia class and Bay class.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Rotterdam_nl was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Johan_de_Witt_nl was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Amfibische transportschepen" (in Dutch). Koninklijke Marine. Retrieved 7 November 2011.