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Landing Platform Dock I

Name

No.

Hull

Customer

Laid down

Launched

Commissioned
Rotterdam L800 377 RNIN

25-1-1996

22-2-1997

18-4-1998

CLASS PARTICULARS

The main combat mission of the Landing Platform Dock Rotterdam is the movement and disembarkation of a fully equipped battalion marines to the objective area using organic landing assets such as helicopters and landing craft or existing port facilities. With the required capabilities the ship is also well suited for secondary missions such as military sealift or disaster relief.Rotterdam has demonstrated full functionality for dock and helicopter operations in adverse weather conditions.Seakeeping, manoeuvrability and station keeping have been set to high requirements.The platform of Rotterdam has been designed with generous operational spaces, deck areas and mobilisation and access routes to ensure swift adaptation to diverse tasks.The vessel has extended facilities for medical and surgical care.

PLATFORM

Dimensions (m)

166.20 oa x 25.00 x 5.8

Flight deck (m)

56 x 25

Displacement (t)

12750 full load

Main machinery

Diesel Electric

  

4 x Stork Wartsila 12SW28 diesel generators at 14.6 MW

  

4 x Holec electric motor (two in tandem per shaft) at 12 MW

  

2 shafts

  

bow thruster

Speed (knots)

19

Range (nautical miles)

6000 at 12 kt

Complement

128 crew + 611 marines

PAYLOAD

Guns

2 x Goalkeeper CIWS

  

4 x 20 mm SC guns

Countermeasures

4 x SRBOC launchers Nixie Torpedo Decoy system

Combat data systems

SATCOM, Link 11, JMCIS

Weapons control systems

IRSCAN

Radars

DA08 air / surface search

Deck areas (m2)

921

Dockwell

903

Main vehicle deck

510

Hangar

1445

Flight deck

Helicopter

6 x NH90 or 4 x Merlin / Sea King