HNLMS Van Nes (F833)
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Netherlands | |
Name: | Van Nes |
Namesake: | Aert Jansse van Nes |
Builder: | Koninklijke Schelde Groep, Vlissingen |
Laid down: | 10 January 1990 |
Launched: | 16 May 1992 |
Commissioned: | 2 June 1994 |
Decommissioned: | 20 December 2007 |
Status: | sold to Portugal |
History | |
Portugal | |
Name: | Bartolomeu Dias |
Namesake: | Bartolomeu Dias |
Owner: | Portuguese Navy |
Acquired: | 16 January 2009 |
Status: | in active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Karel Doorman-class frigate |
Displacement: | 3,320 tons |
Length: | 122.25 m (401.1 ft) |
Beam: | 14.37 m (47.1 ft) |
Draught: | 4.3 m (14 ft) |
Propulsion: |
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Speed: | 29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph) |
Complement: | 174 |
Armament: |
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Aircraft carried: | 1 × Lynx helicopter |
HNLMS Van Nes was a ship of the Karel Doorman class of multi-purpose frigates of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Built by the shipyard Koninklijke Schelde Groep in Vlissingen. The ship is named after the Dutch Admiral Aert Jansse van Nes. She was sold to the Portuguese Navy where the ship was renamed Bartolomeu Dias.
Dutch service
Van Nes served in the NATO squadron STANAVFORLANT from 9 October to 31 December 1999 and again in 2001. The ship took part in Operation Enduring Freedom around the Arabian Peninsula.
External links
- Nederlandse-marine.nl
- mindef.nl
- scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 1998
- scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 2001
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