Royal Netherlands Navy / Koninklijke Marine
Van Speijk class Guided Missile Frigate
HNLMS Van Speijk – F 802
ships:		in service	builder		fate
F 802 HNLMS Van Speijk		1967	Amsterdam Dockyard		sold to Indonesia in 1986
F 803 HNLMS Van Galen		1967	Royal Schelde, Vlissingen		sold to Indonesia in 1987
F 804 HNLMS Tjerk Hiddes		1967	Amsterdam Dockyard		sold to Indonesia in 1986
F 805 HNLMS Van Nes		1967	Royal Schelde, Vlissingen		sold to Indonesia in 1988
F 814 HNLMS Isaac Sweers		1967	Amsterdam Dockyard		sold to Indonesia in 1990
F 815 HNLMS Evertsen		1967	Royal Schelde, Vlissingen		sold to Indonesia in 1989
General Information:
The Van Speijk class frigate were built for the Royal Netherlands Navy in the 1960's. They were versions of the British Leander class frigates with Dutch radars. The British design was chosen in order to enable rapid construction in order to replace elderly destroyer escorts. The ships were modernised in the late 1970's. All six ships were sold to the Indonesian Navy in 1986-90 and are still in service ( as of 2007) as the Ahmad Yani class frigates.
Technical characteristics (as built):
Length: 113,40 meters Beam: 12,50 meters Draft: 4,20 / 5,80 meters Displacement: 2225 tons (standard), 2850 tons (full load); Propulsion: 2 Werkspoor/English Electric geared steam turbines (30000 shp) / 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers (550 psi / 450°C); 2 shafts; 2 propellers; Speed: 28,5 knots, max. Crew: 235 (before modernisation) / 180 (after mod.) Aviation/Hangar: platform & hangar for 1 Helicopter;
Armament (as built):
2 4,5" (114,5 mm) guns ( 1 twin); 2 Quad-launchers for "Seacat" SAM; 1 Mk.10 Limbo ASW mortar; 1 Westland "Wasp" Helicopter; after modernisation in the late 1970's: 1 OTO-Melara 76mm DP-gun; 8 "Harpoon" SSM (2 quad-launchers); 2 Quad-launchers for "Seacat" SAM; 6 Mk.32 torpedo tubes (2 triple-launchers) for Mk.46 torpedoes; 1 Westland "Lynx" Helicopter;
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