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.jpg) HNLMS Rotterdam in 1998 |
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| Class overview | |
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| Builders: | Schelde Shipbuilding |
| Subclasses: | Galicia class landing platform dock Bay class landing ship dock |
| Planned: | 2 |
| Completed: | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Landing platform dock |
| Displacement: | 12,750t (Rotterdam), 16,800t (Johann de Witt) |
| Length: | 162.2m (Rotterdam), 176.35m (Johann de Witt) |
| Beam: | 25.0 m |
| Draft: | 5.8 m |
| Propulsion: |
Diesel-electric system
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| Speed: | 19 knots (35 km/h) |
| Range: | 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 12 kt |
| Endurance: | 6 weeks |
| Boats and landing craft carried: |
6 x LCU or 4 x LCVP (HNLMS Johan de Witt can accommodate 2 LCACs) |
| Capacity: | 170 armoured personnel carriers or 33 main battle tanks |
| Troops: | 611 marines |
| Crew: | 128 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
DA08 air / surface search |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: |
4 x Sippican Hycor SRBOC MK36 launcher |
| Armament: |
2 x Goalkeeper CIWS guns |
| Aviation facilities: | Hangar for 6 x AgustaWestland Lynx or NH-90 helicopter and stern helicopter flight deck |
The Rotterdam class is a Landing Platform Dock or LPD amphibious warfare ship of the Dutch Navy with a large helicopter deck and a dock for large landing craft. Her pennant number is L800 and the size is 166 meters length and displacement 12,750 tonnes. HNLMS Rotterdam was launched in 1997 and a second LPD, HNLMS Johan de Witt was launched in February 2007. Johan de Witt is equipped with command and control facilities. The class was a joint design between the Netherlands and Spain. The two ships of the Spanish Galicia-class are the Galicia (commissioned in 1998) and the Castilla (2001).
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