Hi Ken

I've just posted this against the photographs take by John - thought the information would add to the story :-)

She is the fourth De Zeven Provinciën class frigate of the Royal Netherlands Navy.

Laid down: 6 September 2001
Launched: 19 April 2003
Displacement: 6,050 tons
Length: 144
Beam: 17 m
Draught: 5 m
Propulsion: 2× Wartsila16 V26 13,600 hp diesel engines 2× Rolls Royce Spey SM 1A 52,300 hp gas turbines
Speed: 30 knots
Complement: 174 (202 incl. command staff)
Armament: 5× Mk41 vertical launch system with 8 cells each
Standard armament: 32 ESSM (4 per cell) and 32 SM-2 IIIA surface-to-air missiles
Another 8 cell MK41 VLS can be added
2× Goalkeeper CIWS guns
2× Quadruple Harpoon anti-ship missile launcher
1× Oto Melara 127 mm/54 dual-purpose gun
2× Oerlikon Contraves 20mm machine guns
2× Twin MK32 Mod 9 torpedo launchers with Raytheon MK46 Mod 5 torpedoes

Regards

Steve Ellwood