Rotterdam class amphibious transport dock
Rotterdam
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| Name: | Rotterdam |
| Builder: | Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding |
| Laid down: | 25 January 1996 |
| Launched: | February 1997 |
| Commissioned: | 18 April 1998 |
| Status: | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Landing platform dock |
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| Length: | 166 metres (545 ft) |
| Beam: | 27 metres (89 ft) |
| Draft: | 6 metres (20 ft) |
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| Speed: | 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
| Range: | 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Endurance: | 6 weeks |
| Boats & landing craft carried: |
4 x LCVP |
| Capacity: | 90 armoured personnel carriers or 32 main battle tanks |
| Troops: | 611 marines |
| Crew: | 128 |
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| Aviation facilities: | Hangar for 6 x AgustaWestland Lynx or NH-90 helicopter and stern helicopter flight deck |
HNLMS Rotterdam (Dutch: Zr.Ms. Rotterdam) is a Landing Platform Dock (LPD) amphibious warfare ship of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The ship was the result of a joint project between the Netherlands and Spain, which resulted in the Enforcer design. The ship is equipped with a large helicopter deck for helicopter operations and a dock for large landing crafts. The ship has a complete Class II hospital, including an operating theater and intensive care facilities. A surgical team can be stationed on board. The ship also has a desalination system enabling it to convert seawater into drinking water.
In October 2012, while serving as the flagship for Operation Ocean Shield, Rotterdam sank a suspected Somali pirate ship off the east coast of Africa.Rotterdam came under sustained attack from shore based weapons while rescuing the crew of the sunken ship and sustained damage to one of its small boats.
Rotterdam
Rotterdam well deck with LCVPs and rigid raider boats
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