F-825 Jan Van Brakel

Country:  Netherlands

Class, [Type]: Kortenaer, [FF].

Builder: Koninklijke Maatschappij De Shelde, Flushing, Netherlands.

Launch date: 16 May 1981.

Commission date: 14 April 1983.

Decommission date: 12 October 2001.

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: PADH ()

Comment: Sold to Greece as HS Kanaris ( F464 ).

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