HNLMS Evertsen (F805)

History
Netherlands
Name:	Evertsen
Namesake:	Johan Evertsen
Laid down:	6 September 2001
Launched:	19 April 2003
Commissioned:	10 June 2005
Identification:	MMSI number: 244942000; Callsign: PAEU;
Status:	In service
General characteristics
Class and type:	De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate
Displacement:	6,050 tonnes (full load)
Length:	144.24 m (473 ft 3 in)
Beam:	18.80 m (61 ft 8 in)
Draught:	5.18 m (17 ft 0 in)
Propulsion:	Combined diesel and gas; 2 × Wärtsilä 16 V26 marine diesel engines, 5.1 MW (6,800 hp) each; 2 × Rolls Royce Spey SM 1C gas turbines, 19.5 MW (26,100 hp) each; 2 × propeller shafts, 5-bladed controllable pitch propellers;
Speed:	28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Complement:	174 (202 incl. command staff)
Sensors and ; processing systems:	Thales Nederland SMART-L long-range air and surface surveillance radar; Thales Nederland APAR air and surface search, tracking and guidance radar (I band); DECCA NAV navigation radar; Thales Nederland Scout (Low Probability of Intercept)surface search/navigation radar; Thales Nederland Sirius IRST long-range infrared surveillance and tracking system; Thales Nederland Mirador optical surveillance and tracking system; Atlas Elektronik DSQS-24C hull-mounted sonar; MK XII IFF system;
Armament:	Guns:; 1 × Oto Melara 127 mm/54 dual-purpose gun; 2-4 × Browning M2 12.7mm machine guns; 4-6 × FN MAG 7.62mm machine guns; 1-2 × Goalkeeper CIWS; Missiles:; 40-cell Mk.41 vertical launch system; 32 × SM-2 IIIA surface-to-air missiles; 32 × Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (quadpacked); 8 × Harpoon anti-ship missiles; 2 × twin MK32 Mod 9 torpedo launchers with Raytheon MK46 Mod 5 torpedoes;
Aircraft carried:	1 x NH-90 helicopter

HNLMS Evertsen (F805) (Dutch: Zr.Ms. Evertsen) is the fourth De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate of the Royal Netherlands Navy.

Service history

Evertsen visited South Africa in late 2007 as part of a NATO task force on a friendship visit. From February till June 2008 she was patrolling the Somali waters for the World Food Programme. The ship was back in these same waters in 2009 for operation Atalanta. In early December 2009, she was involved in the capture of a group of Somali pirates, who had allegedly attacked the merchant ship BBC Togo.[1]

In 2014, Commander Jos Oppeneer became HNLMS Evertsen's commanding officer.

In October 2020, the ship served a defensive role as part of the HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) Task Group for GROUPEX and Joint Warrior Exercises. She became one of eight ships escorting the aircraft carrier, including six other Royal Navy vessels and the US destroyer USS The Sullivans (DDG-68). In a statement, Commanding Officer Cdr Rick Ongering praised the close and long-standing relationship between both navies.[2][3][4]

HNLMS Evertsen (F805) at anchor near Plymouth Hoe (May 2007), England

References

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[1] Dutch navy captures pirates, weapons. San Francisco Chronicle, 4 December 2009, page A5

[2] ttps://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/defence/royal-navys-carrier-strike-group-forms-first-time-hms-queen-elizabeth-its-centre-2992826

[3] ttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/10/06/royal-navy-marks-return-carrier-strike-operations-alongside/

[4] ttps://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2020/october/05/201005-hms-queen-elizabeth-carrier-strike

De Zeven Provinciën-class frigates
De Zeven Provinciën Tromp De Ruyter Evertsen
Preceded by: Karel Doorman class Followed by: None
List of frigates of the Royal Netherlands Navy

HNLMS Evertsen (F805)

Service history

See also

References