HNLMS De Ruyter (F804)

History
Netherlands
Name:	De Ruyter
Laid down:	1 September 2000
Launched:	13 April 2002
Commissioned:	March 2004
Identification:	F 804
General characteristics
Class and type:	De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate
Displacement:	6,050 tonnes (full load)
Length:	144.24 m
Beam:	18.80 m
Draft:	5.18 m
Propulsion:	Combined diesel and gas 2 × Wärtsilä 16 V26 diesel engines, 4.2 MW (5,600 hp) each 2 × Rolls Royce Spey SM 1C gas turbines, 18.5 MW (24,800 hp) each 4 × Wärtsilä-Deutz D620 V12 diesel-generators, 1,680 kW (2,250 hp) each 2 × propeller shafts, 5-bladed controllable pitch propellers
Speed:	30 knots
Complement:	174 (227 incl. command staff)
Sensors and processing systems:	Thales Nederland SMART-L long-range air and surface surveillance radar Thales Nederland APAR air and surface search, tracking and guidance radar (I band) DECCA NAV navigation radar Thales Nederland Scout (Low Probability of Intercept)surface search/navigation radar Thales Nederland Sirius IRST long-range infrared surveillance and tracking system Thales Nederland Mirador optical surveillance and tracking system Atlas Elektronik DSQS-24C hull-mounted sonar MK XII IFF system
Armament:	Guns: 1 × Oto Melara 127 mm/54 dual-purpose gun 2-4 × Browning M2 12.7mm machine guns 4-6 × FN MAG 7.62mm machine guns 1-2 × Goalkeeper CIWS Missiles: 40-cell Mk.41 vertical launch system 32 × SM-2 IIIA surface-to-air missiles 32 × Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (quadpacked) 8 × Harpoon anti-ship missiles 2 × twin MK32 Mod 9 torpedo launchers with Raytheon MK46 Mod 5 torpedoes
Aircraft carried:	1 x NH-90 helicopter

HNLMS De Ruyter (Dutch Zr. Ms. De Ruyter) is the third De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate frigate of the Royal Netherlands Navy. She was laid down in 2000, launched in 2002, and commissioned in 2004. The frigate is named after the famous Dutch admiral Michiel de Ruyter (1607–1676).^[1]

The frigate should not be mistaken with the former Hr. Ms. De Ruyter (F806), which was a Tromp-class frigate built in the 1970s, nor the current BAP Almirante Grau, a Peruvian gun cruiser that was known as De Ruyter while in Dutch service.

Since December 2012, Commander Harold Liebregs is HNLMS De Ruyter's commanding officer.^[2] Previously it was commanded by Commander Jeanette Morang. She was the first woman to command a Netherlands Navy frigate.

See also

• De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate
• APAR
• SMART-L

Gallery

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  HNLMS De Ruyter during SAIL Amsterdam in 2005
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  HNLMS De Ruyter second of left in formation with other ships participating in the Dutch-led exercise Joint Caribe Lion in 2006.
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  HNLMS De Ruyter docked in Poland.

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