



Country:
Netherlands
Class, [Type]: Kortenaer, [FF].
Builder: Koninklijke Maatschappij De Shelde, Flushing, Netherlands.
Launch date: 18th December 1976.
Commission date: 26th October 1978.
Decommission date: 15th February 1996.
Displacement ( tons ): 3.050 standard, 3.630 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 130,5 x 14,6 x 6,2
Main machinery: CODOG: 2 x RR Olympus TM3B gas turbines ( 50.880 hp ), 2 x RR Tyne RM1C gas turbines ( 9.900 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 30.
Range ( miles ): 4.700 at 16 knots on Tynes.
Complement: 176 ( 18 officers ) plus space for 24 more.
Guns: 1 x OTO Melara 76mm/62 Compact, Signaal SGE-30 Goalkeeper with a 30mm GE cannon, 2 x Oerlikon 20mm.
Missiles: SSM: 8 x McDonnell Douglas Harpoon, in two quad launchers; SAM: Raytheon Sea Sparrow.
Torpedoes: 4 x 324mm Mk 32 ( 2 triple tubes ). Honeywell Mk 46 mod 5.
Radar: Air: Signaal LW 08, D band, 264km ( 145 mn ) range; Surface: Signaal ZW 06, I band; Fire Control: Signaal STIR.
Sonar: Westinghouse SQS 505, hull mounted.
Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x Loral Hycor SRBOC Mk 36 . Infrared flares and chaff; ESM/ECM: Ramses, jammer and interceptor.
Helicopter: 2 x Westland SH-14B Lynx.
Callsign: PADA (


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Comment: Sold to Greece in 1997 and renamed F462 Kountouriotis.
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