HNLMS Van Nes (F833)

History
Netherlands
Name: Van Nes
Namesake: Aert Jansse van Nes
Builder: Koninklijke Schelde Groep, Vlissingen
Laid down: 10 January 1990
Launched: 16 May 1992
Commissioned: 2 June 1994
Decommissioned: 20 December 2007
Status: sold to Portugal
History
Portugal
Name: Bartolomeu Dias
Namesake: Bartolomeu Dias
Owner: Portuguese Navy
Acquired: 16 January 2009
Status: in active service
General characteristics
Class and type: Karel Doorman-class frigate
Displacement: 3,320 tons
Length: 122.25 m (401.1 ft)
Beam: 14.37 m (47.1 ft)
Draught: 4.3 m (14 ft)
Propulsion:
  • 2 Rolls Royce (Spey 1A) 16,700 hp (12.5 MW) gasturbines
  • 2 Stork-Werkspoor 4,895 hp (3.650 MW) diesel engines
Speed: 29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Complement: 174
Armament:
Aircraft carried: 1 × Lynx helicopter

HNLMS Van Nes was a ship of the Karel Doorman class of multi-purpose frigates of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Built by the shipyard Koninklijke Schelde Groep in Vlissingen. The ship is named after the Dutch Admiral Aert Jansse van Nes. She was sold to the Portuguese Navy where the ship was renamed Bartolomeu Dias.

Dutch service

Van Nes served in the NATO squadron STANAVFORLANT from 9 October to 31 December 1999 and again in 2001. The ship took part in Operation Enduring Freedom around the Arabian Peninsula.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/15/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.