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HNLMS Johan de Witt (Dutch: Zr.Ms. Johan de Witt) is the second Rotterdam-class landing platform dock [citation needed] of the Royal Netherlands Navy. It is an improved design of Rotterdam, which was designed in conjunction between the Netherlands and Spain. [2] The ship, displacing 16,800 tons, was launched on 13 May 2006. [3]
Rotterdam was commissioned in 1998 and Johan de Witt in 2007. Rotterdam and Johan de Witt are based at the Nieuwe Haven Naval Base in Den Helder , the Netherlands. The class is the result of a joint project between Spain and the Netherlands for developing a common class of LPD that would fulfill the needs of both countries to replace older ships.
Johan de Witt: L801: Nov 2007: 15,500 tonnes [10] [12] 2 LCU and 4 LCVP can be carried. Karel Doorman class: 1 Romania (Hull) Netherlands (Fitting out) JSS (joint support ship) Damen Shipyards Galați, Damen Schelde. Karel Doorman: A833: Apr 2015: 27,800 tonnes (max load) 17,200 tonnes (empty) [13] 2 LCVP carried. LCU 3607 Mk.II: 4 Netherlands ...
The two ships in the Rotterdam-class, the Rotterdam and the Johan de Witt have had several Updates. With the midlife update of Johan de Witt planned to take place in 2021–2022. Amongst other things the radars will be updated, with Thales NS100 radar & Thales Scout Mk3 replacing the Thales Variant radar & Kelvin Hughes radar.
In the 1920s and 30s SMN renewed its fleet. It introduced new cargo ships, some with passenger accommodation, and new ocean liners, including Johan de Witt in 1920, Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft in 1925, Christiaan Huygens in 1928, Johan van Oldenbarnevelt in 1929, Marnix van Sint Aldegonde in 1930, and Oranje in 1938.
Johan de Witt (24 September 1625 – 20 August 1672) was a Dutch statesman who was a major political figure during the First Stadtholderless Period, when flourishing global trade in a period of rapid European colonial expansion made the Dutch a leading trading and seafaring power in Europe, commonly referred to as the Dutch Golden Age.
The ship participated in an exercise called Emerald Move held in the Mediterranean sea in 2016. [14] That same year the Rotterdam, together with HNLMS Johan de Witt, also took part in the NATO exercise Cold Response in the Norwegian Fjords. [15] In 2017 Rotterdam escorted the Russian frigate Admiral Grigorovich in the North Sea. [16]
HNLMS Karel Doorman (Dutch: Zr.Ms. Karel Doorman) is a multi-function support ship for amphibious operations of the Royal Netherlands Navy, which is also used by the German Navy. [1] [2] The ship replaced both of the navy's replenishment oilers: HNLMS Zuiderkruis (scrapped in February 2014) and HNLMS Amsterdam (sold to Peru in December 2014). [3]