DAMEN SHIPREPAIR AMSTERDAM READIES HNLMS EVERTSEN FOR VOYAGE TO JAPAN
After a six-week period of maintenance, Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam has this week handed the HNLMS Evertsen back to the Royal Netherlands Navy. The shipyard worked hard – together with its Dutch suppliers – to prepare the Air Defence and Command frigate for deployment on, among other things, the voyage of nearly 40,000 kilometres that she will soon be making to Japan together with the UK Carrier Strike Group.
HNLMS Evertsen is one of the four air defence and command frigates (LCF) of the De Zeven Provinciën class. Under the leadership of Damen Naval in Vlissingen, these advanced LCF frigates were built between 1998 and 2005 by the Dutch maritime industry. At the time, more than 80 percent of the production value was accounted for by Damen’s Dutch maritime suppliers, mostly SMEs, which underlines the self-creative capabilities of this sector.
15 April 2021 (Last Updated April 15th, 2021 17:51)
Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam has delivered the Royal Netherlands Navy’s De Zeven Provinciën-class guided missile frigate HNLMS Evertsen (F805) after completion of maintenance works.
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HNLMS Evertsen (F805). Credit: Damen Shipyards Group.
Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam has delivered the Royal Netherlands Navy’s De Zeven Provinciën-class guided missile frigate HNLMS Evertsen (F805) after the completion of maintenance works.
HNLMS Evertsen (F805) will become part of the UK Carrier Strike Group (CSG) from next month with Japan as its final destination.
F805 is the fourth air defence and command frigates (LCF) of the class that was commissioned in June 2005.
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