Seven provincial frigates of the Dutch Navy, this class is 144.2 meters long, 18.8 meters wide, has a draft of 5.2 meters, a standard displacement of about 4500 tons, and a full load displacement of about 6000 tons. The maximum speed is 28 knots and the endurance is 5000 nautical miles/18 knots. Personnel: 174 crew + 28 command personnel.
I have to say that the photos of foreigners are really good
The powertrain, with CODOG powertrain (diesel-fired combined power), consists of 2 Rolls-Royce Spy SM-1C gas turbines and 2 Stork-Wartsila 16V6ST diesel engines from Wärtsilä, the Netherlands.
The weapons system consisted of 1 Otto Melera 127 mm naval gun, 2 Dutch own goalkeeper close defense systems. Five-seat eight-pack 40-unit (to save money and force death obsessive-forced) American MK41 vertical launch system, which can launch standard 2 anti-aircraft missiles and sea sparrow anti-aircraft missiles. Two quad-mounted U.S.-made MK141 Harpoon anti-ship missiles. Two twin 324 mm MK-32 torpedo tubes that fired MK46 torpedoes. A helicopter magazine is set up to carry a Lynx-88 Bobcat multi-purpose helicopter or an NH-90 utility helicopter.
5 groups of MK41 forced death obsessive-compulsive disorder in order to save money
At first glance, the Seven Provinces look a lot like the German Saxon-class frigates (F124). In fact, the seven provinces were born out of the Joint Frigate Program of the Netherlands and Germany, Spain (Spain later withdrew).
So the Seven Provinces, like the Saxon class, use the APAR phased array radar, which is roughly equivalent to the EMPAR of the Horizon class destroyers. and smart-L 3D D-frequency air-to-air search radar. 只是七省级的舰体和F124不同，采用更隐身的设计（乍一看船头和056很像）。
Seven provincial frigates are currently the main maritime power of the Royal Dutch Navy, and a total of four such frigates were built, namely seven provinces (hull number: F-802), Tronp (hull number: F-803), Druid (hull number: F-804), and Iverson (hull number: F-805). Construction of the first ship, seven provinces, began construction in 1998, was launched on April 8, 2000, delivered to the Dutch Navy on April 26, 2002, and officially entered service with the Dutch Navy in April 2004; The remaining three were delivered in March 2003, April 2004 and June 2005.