Rotterdam Class LPD
She was the result of a joint project between the Netherlands and Spain, which resulted in the Enforcer design. The ship is equipped with a large helicopter deck for helicopter operations and a dock for large landing craft. The ship has a complete Class II hospital, including an operating theater and intensive care facilities. A surgical team can be stationed onboard. The ship also has a desalination system enabling it to convert seawater into drinking water.
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Type:
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Landing platform dock
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Displacement:
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12,750 t
14,000 full load |
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Length:
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166 metres (545 ft)
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Beam:
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27 metres (89 ft)
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Draft:
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6 metres (20 ft)
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Propulsion:
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Diesel-electric system
4 × Stork Wärtsilä 12SW28 diesel generators at 14.6 MW 4 × Holec electric motor (two in tandem per shaft) at 12 MW 2 shafts bow thruster |
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Speed:
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19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
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Range:
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6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
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Endurance:
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6 weeks
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Boats & landing
craft carried: |
4 x LCVP
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Capacity:
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90 armoured personnel carriers or 32 main battle tanks
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Troops:
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611 marines
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Crew:
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128
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Sensors and
processing systems: |
DA08 air/surface search
IRSCAN SATCOM, Link 11, JMCIS |
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Electronic warfare
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1 × AN/SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy
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Armament:
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2 × Goalkeeper CIWS guns
8/10 × Browning 12.7 mm machine guns |
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Aviation facilities:
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Hangar for 6 x Agusta Westland Lynx or 3 x NH-90 or AS-532 Cougar helicopter and stern helicopter flight deck
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My concerns though are, again like many on this list she is an older design, and there are newer and better designs out there she will be a 20+ year old and her designs comes from the 1990's. It is limited to 3 NH-90 which is what HMNZS Canterbury can carry plus the Sea Sprite, and reading between the lines I believe the DCP 2019 is wanting to be able to carry/operate more helo's.
However this vessel is adaptable and the HNLMS Johan de Witt (L801) is quite a capable vessel she is larger and can carry 6 NH-90 (although I would suggest that flight operations would be limited from the flight deck and she does what Canterbury does now with sending them to a FOB (forward operating base) but could meet the requirements of the DCP 2019,
This vessel cost ƒ265m in 2003 which equates to about $225m NZD, add inflation for 2019 adds about $290m NZD. Add inflation for 2025/6 and we have a figure of about $350m NZD, I then ask if they roughly know the price of these vessels, why is more 1 billion + NZD being set aside. We could buy 2 of these vessels with cash left over. This would not cost 1 billion + NZD even in 2025 inflation dollars.
Even the much larger HNLMS Karel Doorman JSS vessel in 2011 cost $480 million USD and in 2021 would be $764 Million NZD and in 2029 be only just over the 1 billion NZD at $1,036,000,000 but remember that the agreed cost will be before 2029 an just about guaranteed built else where like South Korea lowering the cost. Example contract signed in say 2025 the cost would $957 million. Also remember Inflation is difficult to work out.
