P-843 Groningen

Country:  Netherlands

Class, [Type]: Holland, [OPV].

Builder: Damen Schelde Shipbuilding, GalaTi, Romania.

Launch date: 21 April 2011.

Commission date: 29 November 2013.

Displacement ( tons ): 3.750 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 108,4 x 16 x 4,55

Main machinery: CODELOD (combined diesel/electric): 2 x Wärtsilä 12V26 diesel engines.

Speed ( knots ): 21,6.

Range ( miles ): 5.000 at 15 knots.

Complement: 50 + additional space for 40.

Guns: 1 x 76mm OTO Melara Super Rapid, 1 x 30mm OTO Melara Marlin WS, 2 x 12,7mm OTO Melara Hitrole NT, 2 x 12,7mm M2HB, 6 x 7,62mm.

Radar: Air warning radar: Seamaster 400, S-band; Surface detection and tracking: SeaWatcher 100 (active phased array), X-band;.

Sonar: Mine detection sonar.

Countermeasures: EO: 1 x Gatekeeper.

Helicopter: 1 x NH-90.

Callsign: PAVD ()

Comment: Carries 1 x Fast Rescue Boat (FRB) and 2 x Fast Raiding Interception and Special Forces Craft (FRISC).

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