HNLMS Evertsen (F805)

HNLMS Evertsen (F805) (Dutch: Zr.Ms. Evertsen) is the fourth De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate of the Royal Netherlands Navy.

For other ships with the same name, see HNLMS Evertsen.

History
Netherlands
NameEvertsen
NamesakeEvertsen family
BuilderDamen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding
Laid down6 September 2001
Launched19 April 2003
Commissioned10 June 2005
Identification
StatusIn service
Badge
General characteristics
Class and type De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate
Displacement6,050 tonnes (full load)
Length144.24 m (473.2 ft)
Beam18.80 m (61.7 ft)
Draught5.18 m (17.0 ft)
Propulsion
Speed28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Complement174 (202 incl. command staff)
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Thales Nederland SMART-L long-range air and surface surveillance radar
  • Thales Nederland APAR air and surface search, tracking and guidance radar (I band)
  • DECCA NAV navigation radar
  • Thales Nederland Scout (Low Probability of Intercept)surface search/navigation radar
  • Thales Nederland Sirius IRST long-range infrared surveillance and tracking system
  • Thales Nederland Mirador optical surveillance and tracking system
  • Atlas Elektronik DSQS-24C hull-mounted sonar
  • MK XII IFF system
Armament
Aircraft carried1 x NH-90 helicopter

Service history

Evertsen visited South Africa in late 2007 as part of a NATO task force on a friendship visit. From February till June 2008 she was patrolling the Somali waters for the World Food Programme. The ship was back in these same waters in 2009 for Operation Atalanta. In early December 2009, she was involved in the capture of a group of Somali pirates, who had allegedly attacked the merchant ship BBC Togo.[1]

In 2014, Commander Jos Oppeneer became HNLMS Evertsen's commanding officer.

In October 2020, the ship served a defensive role as part of the HMS Queen Elizabeth Task Group for GROUPEX and Joint Warrior Exercises. She became one of eight ships escorting the British aircraft carrier, including six other Royal Navy vessels and the US destroyer USS The Sullivans. In a statement, Commanding Officer Cdr Rick Ongering praised the close and long-standing relationship between both navies.[2][3][4]

In 2021, the Evertsen joined UK Carrier Strike Group 21 on a deployment to the Asia-Pacific.[5] The aircraft carrier is also accompanied by six British ships, a British submarine and an American destroyer. The ships sail from Portmouth to the Mediterranean Sea, where an exercise follows with the fleet of the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle. It crosses the South China Sea to Japan via the Suez Canal, India and Singapore. A number of ships, including the Evertsen, make an interim visit to the Black Sea.[6]

  • HNLMS Evertsen (F805) at anchor near Plymouth Hoe (May 2007), England
  • HNLMS Evertsen fires a SM-2
  • HNLMS Evertsen at the magnetic measurement facility in Wilhelmshaven

See also

References
  1. Dutch navy captures pirates, weapons. San Francisco Chronicle, 4 December 2009, page A5
  2. "Navy's Carrier Strike Group forms up for first time with HMS Queen Elizabeth at its centre". www.portsmouth.co.uk.
  3. Nicholls, Dominic (6 October 2020). "Royal Navy marks return to Carrier Strike Operations alongside US and Dutch allies". The Telegraph – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  4. "UK Carrier Strike Group assembles for the first time". www.royalnavy.mod.uk.
  5. Allison, George (29 March 2021). "Dutch frigate to join British Carrier Strike Group".
  6. "Het Nederlandse fregat en het Britse vliegdekschip varen straks als 'wijkagenten' door de Indo-Pacific". NRC (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 August 2021.
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