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Rotterdam class amphibious transport dock

Rotterdam
Rotterdam
History
Netherlands
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
Displacement:
  • 12,750 t
  • 14,000 full load
Length: 166 metres (545 ft)
Beam: 27 metres (89 ft)
Draft: 6 metres (20 ft)
Propulsion:
  • Diesel-electric system
  • 4 × Stork Wärtsilä 12SW28 diesel generators at 14.6 MW
  • 4 × Holec electric motor (two in tandem per shaft) at 12 MW
  • 2 shafts
  • bow thruster
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
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • DA08 air / surface search
  • IRSCAN
  • SATCOM, Link 11, JMCIS
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
Armament:
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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