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United States Navy, Photographer’s Mate Airman Jeremy L. Grisham · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified
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Karel Doorman-class frigatelarger figure on 5 of 5
Moudge-class frigatelarger figure on 0 of 5
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Length
Single source401 ft (122 m)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Karel Doorman-class frigate | Moudge-class frigate |
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| Power | CODOG-propulsion 2 × Rolls-Royce Spey 1A , 16,700 hp (12,500 kW) gas turbines 2 × Stork-Werkspoor 12SW280- 4,895 hp (3,650 kW) + 4 Stork DRO 218K diesel engines[source] | 2 × 10,000 hp (7,500 kW) engines 4 × 740 hp (550 kW) diesel generators[source] |
| Name | Karel Doorman class[source] | Moudge[source] |
| Builders | Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding[source] | Iranian Navy's Factories Marine Industries Organization[source] |
| Operators | Royal Netherlands Navy Belgian Navy Chilean Navy Portuguese Navy |
95 m (311 ft 8 in)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Islamic Republic of Iran Navy[source] |
| Preceded by | Netherlands: Kortenaer class / Roofdier class Belgium: Wielingen class Portugal: João Belo class[source] | Alvand class[source] |
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| Succeeded by | Netherlands & Belgium: ASWF class[source] | — |
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| Cost | ƒ 445 million per unit[source] | — |
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| Built | 1985–1995[source] | 2001–present[source] |
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| In commission | 1991–present[source] | — |
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| Completed |
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| Active | 0?[source] |
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| Laid up | — |
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| Type | Multi-purpose frigate[source] | Frigate[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Thales Smart-S Mk.1 long-range 3D surveillance and tracking radar Thales LW08 long-range surveillance radar Thales SeaWatcher 100 active phased array surface detection and tracking radar (NLD and BE ships only) Thales GateKeeper Electro-optical 360° surveillance system (NLD and BE ships only) Thales STIR 1.8 Tracking and Illumination Radar system Thales Scout surface surveillance and tactical navigation radar Thales PHS-36 hull-mounted sonar Thales Anaconda DSBV 61 VLF passive tactical towed array sonar Ultra Electronics Multi-static Low Frequency Active Passive Sonar (NLD ships only)[source] | Asr 3D PESA long-range radar[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | Thales Vigile APX Radar electronic support measures Mark 36 SRBOC[source] | 2 × 8 tube chaff launcher[source] |
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| Armament | 16 × RIM-7 Sea Sparrow anti-air VLS 8 × Boeing Harpoon anti-ship missile 2–6 × FN MAG 7.62 mm machine gun 2–4 × Browning M2 12.7 mm machine gun 2 × Twin- Mark 46 torpedo tubes 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm gun 1 × Goalkeeper CIWS[source] | Naval guns 1 × 76 mm Fajr-27 naval gun 1 × 40 mm Fath-40 AAA or 1 × 30mm Kamand CIWS 2 × 20 mm cannons Oerlikon 2 × 12.7 mm heavy machine guns Surface to air missiles 4 × Mehrab SAM , a naval version of the Sayyad-2 or 4 × Sayyad-3 SAM Anti-ship missiles 4 × Noor or Qader anti-ship missiles (Some ships are equipped with 8 anti-ship missiles) Anti-submarine warfare 2 × triple 324 mm torpedoes[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | Hangar and flight deck[source] | Helicopter landing pad[source] |
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| Source measurement | These multi-purpose frigates can be used in the anti-submarine , anti-aircraft , or surface combat roles. Their primary surface armament consists of two quad RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship launchers with a range of up to 120 kilometres (75 mi). Also available is an OTO Melara 76 mm gun, which has both anti-ship and anti-air capabilities.[source]Karel Doorman-class frigate · Armament; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage Air defence is provided by an AIM-7 Sparrow medium-range semi-active radar homing air-to-air missile with a range of up to 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) Sixteen VLS cells are mounted on the port external bulkhead of the hangar . The Goalkeeper close-in weapon system provides close-range air defence and can fire up to four thousand 30-millimetre (1.2 in) rounds per minute at a range of 200 to 3,000 metres (660 to 9,840 ft).[source]Karel Doorman-class frigate · Armament; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage On 1 November 2006, the Portuguese Defence Minister Nuno Severiano Teixeira signed a contract for the purchase of the frigates Van Nes and Van Galen . Van Nes , renamed NRP Bartolomeu Dias (F333), was transferred to Portugal on 16 January 2009 and Van Galen , renamed NRP Dom Francisco de Almeida (F334) was transferred on 15 January 2010. With the sale of two M-class frigates to Portugal only two of the eight ships remained with the Royal Netherlands Navy.[source]Karel Doorman-class frigate · Export / Portugal; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage | — |
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| Country of origin | Netherlands[source]Karel Doorman-class frigate · literal inventory Origin field assigned to the exact equipment row linked in the primary inventory identity column; no operator, manufacturer location or parent/sibling specification inference | — |
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| In service | — | 2010–present[source] |
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| Planned | — |
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| Building | — |
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| Lost | — | 6 (1 unconfirmed)[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 1 × Bell 214 ASW helicopter[source] |
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