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Chaland de transport de matériellarger figure on 0 of 3
HNLMS Den Helderlarger figure on 3 of 3
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Measured figures
Length
Single source23.8 m (78 ft 1 in)[source]
o/a
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Chaland de transport de matériel | HNLMS Den Helder |
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| Power | 2 × Poyaud-Wärtsilä 18V8M1 diesel engines , 331 kilowatts (444 hp) 2 propellers[source] | — |
| Operators | French Navy Djiboutian Navy Chilean Navy Ivory Coast Navy Royal Moroccan Navy Senegal Navy[source] | Royal Netherlands Navy[source] |
| Completed | 31[source] | |
| Active | 5 remaining with the French Navy as of 2023; others with other navies[source] | 1 |
179.5 m (588 ft 11 in) o/a[source]
at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Single source380 nmi (700 km; 440 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Retired | 11+[source] | — |
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| Type | Landing craft[source] | Replenishment oiler[source] |
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| Capacity | 90 t (89 long tons; 99 short tons)[source] | — |
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| Troops | 200[source] | — |
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| Armament | 2 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) machine guns[source] | 1 x OTO Melara 76 mm gun, incl. DART ammunition 1 × RAM RIM-116 , 21 missiles each 4 x 12.7 mm Lion Fish[source] |
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| National origin | France[source] | — |
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| Name | — | Den Helder class[source] |
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| Builders | — | Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding Damen Shipyards Galați[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | HNLMS Amsterdam[source] |
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| Cost | — | € 374 million (2019) (equivalent to € 434 million in 2025)[source] |
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| Built | — | 2020 –2025[source] |
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| Planned | — |
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| Namesake | — | City of Den Helder[source] |
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| Awarded | — | 19 February 2020[source] |
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| Builder | — | Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding Damen Shipyards Galați[source] |
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| Yard number | — | 312421000 / 421000[source] |
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| Laid down | — | 2 June 2021[source] |
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| Launched | — | October 2022[source] |
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| Christened | — | 22 February 2025[source] |
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| Commissioned | — | 1 October 2025[source] |
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| Home port | — | Den Helder[source] |
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| Identification | — | Pennant number : A834 IMO number : 4763959 MMSI number : 244936000[source] |
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| Status | — | Delivered and on sea trials[source] |
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| Propulsion | — | 4 × Wärtsila 31 2 x GE Vernova electric motors[source] |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | — | 2 × LCVPs in davits[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | Thales NS100 Air & Surface radar Thales Pharos-radar[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 2 NH90 NFH (medium sized helicopters)[source] |
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