HNLMS Tromp (F803)

HNLMS Tromp at sea (Source: Royal Netherlands Navy)
History
Netherlands
Name:	Tromp
Laid down:	3 September 1999
Launched:	7 April 2001
Commissioned:	14 March 2003
Honours and awards:	KNMI Medal
General characteristics
Class and type:	De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate
Displacement:	6,050 tonnes (full load)
Length:	144.24 metres (473.2 ft)
Beam:	18.80 metres (61.7 ft)
Draft:	5.18 metres (17.0 ft)
Propulsion:	Combined diesel and gas 2 × Wärtsilä 16 V26 diesel engines, 4.2 MW (5,600 hp) each 2 × Rolls Royce Spey SM 1C gas turbines, 18.5 MW (24,800 hp) each 4 × Wärtsilä-Deutz D620 V12 diesel-generators, 1,680 kW (2,250 hp) each 2 × propeller shafts, 5-bladed controllable pitch propellers
Speed:	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement:	174 (202 incl. command staff)
Sensors and processing systems:	Thales Nederland SMART-L long-range air and surface surveillance radar Thales Nederland APAR air and surface search, tracking and guidance radar (I band) DECCA NAV navigation radar Thales Nederland Scout (Low Probability of Intercept)surface search/navigation radar Thales Nederland Sirius IRST long-range infrared surveillance and tracking system Thales Nederland Mirador optical surveillance and tracking system Atlas Elektronik DSQS-24C hull-mounted sonar MK XII IFF system
Armament:	Guns: 1 × Oto Melara 127 mm/54 dual-purpose gun 2-4 × Browning M2 12.7mm machine guns 4-6 × FN MAG 7.62mm machine guns 1-2 × Goalkeeper CIWS Missiles: 40-cell Mk.41 vertical launch system 32 × SM-2 IIIA surface-to-air missiles 32 × Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (quadpacked) 8 × Harpoon anti-ship missiles 2 × twin MK32 Mod 9 torpedo launchers with Raytheon MK46 Mod 5 torpedoes
Aircraft carried:	1 x NH-90 helicopter

HNLMS Tromp (F803) (Dutch: "Zr. Ms. Tromp") is the second De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The ship was laid down in 1999, launched in 2001, and commissioned in 2003. The frigate is named after Dutch naval heroes Maarten Tromp (1598–1653) and Cornelis Tromp (1629–1691).

As of 18 June 2010, Commander René Tas is HNLMS Tromp's commanding officer.

In November 2006, HNLMS Tromp participated in a live Theatre Ballistic Missile (TBM) Tracking Exercise (TRACKEX). The event took place on the Pacific Missile Range Facility off Hawaii. For the TRACKEX, Tromp was equipped with the experimental Extended Long Range (ELR) modification to its Thales Nederland SMART-L radar. During the exercise, a ballistic missile surrogate was launched from Kauai Island and was successfully tracked by HNLMS Tromp using its ELR-modified SMART-L radar. Another successful TRACKEX was held in December 2006.

Tromp deployed to the Indian Ocean off the coast of Africa as part of Operation Atalanta, which is composed of European Union naval units. The operation is tasked with suppression of piracy in the region.

On 14 March 2010, Tromp responded to a distress call from the transport ship MV Lubeck, which was under attack from two pirate skiffs. Tromp launched her helicopter, which forced the whaler mother ship to stop. Tromp then sent a boarding party to secure the vessel. The following day, Tromp tracked down the two skiffs about 100 km (62 mi) from the whaler and stopped them. Crew from Tromp sank the mother ship, and confiscated satellite phones, AK-47s, a rocket launcher, and boarding equipment.