Royal Netherlands Navy / Koninklijke Marine – Frigate

F 831   -   HNLMS Van Amstel

 

 

HNLMS Van Amstel (F 831) 

Type, Class:

 

Guided Missile Frigate – FFG / M-Fregat (Multipurpose Frigate); Karel Doorman - class

Builder:

 

Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde (KMS), Vlissingen –

(Royal Schelde Shipbuilding, Vlissingen, The Netherlands)

STATUS:

 

Laid down: May 3, 1988

Launched: May 19, 1990

Commissioned: May 27, 1993

ACTIVE / in service (2010)

Homeport:

 

Den Helder, The Netherlands

Ship’s Motto:

 

-

Technical Data:

(Measures, Propulsion,

Armament, Aviation, etc.)

 

see: INFO >> Frigate – Karel Doorman class

LINK:

 

Official Royal Netherlands Navy site

 

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Jan van Amstel

 

 

 

Information & History

Jan Van Amstel (December 12, 1618 – September 29, 1669):

 

Jan Van Amstel (born: December 12, 1618 in Gemert / died: September 29, 1669 in Schijndel) was a Captain of the Admirality of Amsterdam;

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HNLMS Van Amstel (F 831):

 

In 1995 HNLMS Van Amstel assisted in the response after Hurricane Louis at the island of Saint Martin in the Netherlands Antilles. She also was deployed in a multinational force in the Oman Sea in 2001/2002 in Operation Enduring Freedom. In 2005 the Frigate assisted in the Dutch response to Hurricane Katrina.

 

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patches

 

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