| • Science | • People | • Locations | • Timeline |
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Laid down: | 1 September 1998 |
| Launched: | 8 April 2000 |
| Commissioned: | 26 April 2002 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 6,050 tons |
| Length: | 144 metres |
| Beam: | 17 metres |
| Draught: | 5 metres |
| Propulsion: |
2 Wartsila16 V26 13.600 hp diesel engines 2 Rolls Royce Spey SM 1A 52.300 hp gas turbines |
| Speed: | 30 knots |
| Complement: | 174 (202 incl. command staff) |
| Armament: |
Oto Breda 127 mm gun Vertical Launch System (VLS) Mk 41, firing Enhanced Sea Sparrow Missile and Standard Missile 2 Block III Harpoon Missile, Goalkeeper (point defence guns)Oerlikon-mitrailleurs 20 mm Mk. 46 Torpedos Lynx or NH-90 helikopter |
Hr.Ms. De Zeven Provinciën (F 802) is the first ship of the De Zeven Provinciën class of air defence and command frigates in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy. There are three more ships in this class, the Hr.Ms. Tromp (F 803), Hr.Ms. De Ruyter (F 804) and the Hr.Ms. Evertsen (F 805). The class was designed in cooperation with Germany and Spain.
De Zeven Provinciën is the eight ship in the Royal Netherlands Navy to carry that name. The name refers to the original seven Dutch provincies which together formed the Union of Utrecht.
The ship was built at the Schelde Docks in Vlissingen. Its design incorperates stealth technology, as well as advanced new radars of a Dutch design.
De Zeven Provinciën (F 802), Hr. Ms.