Tromp Class Frigates Class Overview

Dimensions, machinery and performance
Propulsion:
COGOG System
Length:
453' 4"

 

2 Rolls Royce Olympus TM-3B gas turbines
Beam:
48' 5"
2 Rolls Royce Tyne RM-1C cruise gas turbines
Draft:
15' 9"
Shafts:
2
Displacement
Horsepower
Standard:
3,665
TM-3B:
54,000
Full:
4,308
RM-1C:
8,200
Crew:
305
Speed:
30 knots
Range:
5,000 NM @ 18 knots


Armament
Guns
Number
Type
Arrangement
2
4.7"/50 (120mm) Bofors DP
Twin turret
2
20mm Oerlikon MG
Single Mounts
1 (a)
30mm SGE-30 Goalkeeper
Single mount
     
Missiles
Number
Type
Launch platform
40
SM-1MR SAM
Mk-13 single launcher
60
Sea Sparrow SAM
1 eight cell Mk-29 launcher
4(b)

Harpoon SSM

1 four cell Mk-141 launcher
Torpedo Tubes
Number
Size
Launch platform
6
12.75" (324mm)
2 Mk-32 Mod 5 twin launchers
Aircraft
Number
Type
1
Lynx helicopter
Notes
(a):
Fitted later.
(b):
Fitted in 1977/78 normally carries 4, but can carry 8.


Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
NV Koninklijke Maatschappij
De Schelde
Vlissingen, The Netherlands

June 2, 1973
Oct. 3, 1975
Fate
Decommissioned Nov. 12, 1999, sold for scrap in 2000.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
NV Koninklijke Maatschappij
De Schelde
Vlissingen, The Netherlands

Mar. 9, 1974
June 3, 1976
Fate
Decommissioned Oct. 3, 2001, sold for scrap in 2002.


Page published Nov. 2, 2008