L-801 Johan de Witt

Country:  Netherlands

Class, [Type]: Johan de Witt, [LPD].

Builder: Royal Shelde, Vlissingen, Netherlands.

Launch date: 13 May 2006.

Commission date: 30 November 2007.

Displacement ( tons ): 16.000 at full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 176,35 x 29,2 x 5,9

Main machinery: 4 x Stork Wärtsilauml; 12SW28 diesel generators, 2 x Holec electromotors ( 16.320 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 19.

Range ( miles ): 10.000 at 12 knots.

Complement: 124 ( 13 officers ).

Guns: 2 x Goalkeeper CIWS, 4 x 12,7mm Browning M2.

Radar: Air: Thales Nederland DA 08, E/F bands. Surface: Thales Nederland Scout; Navigation: 2 x Kelvin Hughes ARPA; Fire Control: 2 x Thales Goalkeeper.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 4 x Loral Hycor SRBOC Mk36 launchers for chaff and infrared flares.AN/SLQ-25 Nixie towed torpedo decoy. ECM/ESM: ??.

Helicopter: 4 x EH 101 Merlin or 6 x NH 90.

Callsign: PAJW ()

Comment: An enlarged version of the Rotterdam class, able to operate british LCU Mk 10. The docking well is 1m broader but shorter than the Rotterdam´s. The ship´s superstructure is enlarged to accomodate the command facilities.