Kortenaer-class frigate | |
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![]() Kortenaer (F 807) | |
Class overview | |
Operators: |
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Preceded by: | Van Speijk class |
Succeeded by: | Karel Doorman class |
Built: | 1975–1982 |
In commission: | 1978–2003 |
Completed: | 10 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Frigate |
Displacement: |
3,500 long tons (3,600 t) standard 3,800 long tons (3,900 t) full load |
Length: | 130 m (426 ft 6 in) |
Beam: | 14.4 m (47 ft 3 in) |
Draft: | 4.4 m (14 ft 5 in) |
Propulsion: |
Combined gas or gas (COGOG) system: 2 × Rolls Royce Tyne RM1C gas turbines, 4,900 shp (3,700 kW) each 2 × Rolls Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines, 25,700 shp (19,200 kW) each (boost) 2 shafts |
Speed: |
20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) cruise 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) maximum |
Endurance: | 4,700 nautical miles @ 16 knots (8,700 km @ 30 km/h) |
Complement: | 176–196 |
Armament: |
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Aircraft carried: | 2 × Sea Lynx helicopters (1 in peace-time) |
The Kortenaer class was a class of frigates of the Royal Netherlands Navy. They were built to be a general purpose frigate; able to combat all surface, submarine and aircraft targets. Like some of the other frigates of the 1970s and 1980s, they featured a COGOG (combined gas or gas) propulsion system. Ten were built by de Schelde in Vlissingen and two by Wilton-Fijenoord in Schiedam between 1978 and 1982. Only 10 served with the Royal Netherlands Navy: two were sold to Greece while still under construction and replaced by two Jacob van Heemskerck class frigates which are basically an AAW variant of the Kortenaer class. The Greek frigates were renamed the Elli class.
Eight similar ships were built by Germany during the same period in the Bremen class.
Service[]
By 2003 all ships were transferred to the navies of Greece and the United Arab Emirates.[citation needed]
In Dutch service the frigates were armed with a Goalkeeper CIWS on top of the helicopter-hangar. In Greek service the Goalkeepers were replaced with Phalanx CIWS due to high maintenance costs.
Both ships of the United Arab Emirates, the Al Emirat and the Abu Dhabi are being converted into a super luxury Giga yachts known as Swift 141 (launched as Yas) and Swift 135.[1]
Two ships, the Elli and the Limnos, were built for the Greek Navy in 1981, they are referred to as the Elli-class frigates by the Hellenic Navy and have different equipment and weapons from the Dutch ships.
The Imperial Iranian Navy ordered eight modified ships from Royal Schelde but the contract was canceled after the Iranian revolution.
Ships in the class[]
The ships were named after Dutch captains and admirals:
Ship | Pennant No. | Named after | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Status |
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Kortenaer | F807 | Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer | Royal Schelde | 8 April 1975 | 18 December 1976 | 26 October 1978 | 1997 | Sold to the ![]() |
Callenburgh | F808 | Gerard Callenburgh | Royal Schelde | 2 September 1975 | 26 March 1977 | 26 July 1979 | 1994 | Sold to the ![]() |
Van Kinsbergen | F809 | Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen | Royal Schelde | 2 September 1975 | 16 April 1977 | 24 April 1980 | 1995 | Sold to the ![]() |
Banckert | F810 | Joost Banckert | Royal Schelde | 25 February 1976 | 30 September 1978 | 29 October 1980 | 1993 | Sold to the ![]() |
Piet Hein | F811 | Piet Pieterszoon Hein | Royal Schelde | April 28, 1977 | June 3, 1978 | April 14, 1981 | 1998 | Sold to the ![]() |
Abraham Crijnssen | F816 | Abraham Crijnssen | Royal Schelde | 25 October 1978 | 16 May 1981 | 6 January 1983 | 1997 | Sold to the ![]() |
Philips van Almonde | F823 | Philips van Almonde | Wilton-Fijenoord | 1 October 1977 | 11 August 1979 | 2December 1981 | 2002 | Sold to the ![]() |
Bloys van Treslong | F824 | Willem Bloys van Treslong | Wilton-Fijenoord | 5 May 1978 | 15 November 1980 | 25 November 1982 | 2003 | Sold to the ![]() |
Jan van Brakel | F825 | Jan van Brakel | Royal Schelde | 16 November 1979 | 16 May 1981 | 14 April 1983 | 2001 | Sold to the ![]() |
Pieter Florisz (ex-Willem van der Zaan) | F826 | Pieter Florisse | Royal Schelde | 2 January 21, 1981 | 8 May 1982 | 11 October 1983 | 2001 | Sold to the Hellenic Navy as the F463 Bouboulina (Μπουμπουλίνα), decommissioned in 2013. |
References[]
- ↑ "Setting course for luxury". The National. 2008-11-21. http://www.thenational.ae/article/20081121/PAGETHREE/168371358/1119/NEWS. Retrieved 2008-11-28.[dead link]
Bibliography[]
- Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995
See also[]
- Bremen class frigate
- Elli class frigate
- MEKO 140
- MEKO 360
- Halifax class frigate
- Anzac class frigate
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