HNLMS De Ruyter (F806)

For other ships with the same name, see HNLMS De Ruyter.

HNLMS De Ruyter at sea
History
Netherlands
Name	De Ruyter
Namesake	Michiel de Ruyter
Builder	KM de Schelde, Vlissingen
Laid down	22 December 1971
Launched	9 March 1974
Commissioned	3 June 1976
Decommissioned	3 October 2001
Fate	Broken up
General characteristics
Type	Tromp class
Displacement	3,665 long tons (3,724 t) standard 4,308 long tons (4,377 t) full load
Length	133.2 m (437 ft 0 in)
Beam	14.8 m (48 ft 7 in)
Draught	6.6 m (21 ft 8 in)
Propulsion	2 shaft COGOG Rolls-Royce Olympus gas turbine 44,000 hp (32,811 kW) Rolls-Royce Tyne gas turbine 8,200 hp (6,115 kW)
Speed	28 knots (32 mph; 52 km/h) maximum 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h) cruising
Range	5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 18 kn (21 mph; 33 km/h)
Complement	306
Sensors and processing systems	Radar SPS-01, WM-25, SPG-51C Sonar CWE-610, type 162
Armament	1 × launcher for Standard SAM (40 missiles) 1 × octuple Sea Sparrow SAM (16 missiles) 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon SSM 2 × 120 mm Bofors guns (1 twin turret – turrets were salvaged from HNLMS Gelderland, a Holland class destroyer) Triple anti-submarine torpedo tubes 1 × Goalkeeper short-range defence-system
Aircraft carried	1 × Westland Lynx helicopter
Aviation facilities	1 helicopter pad & hangar

HNLMS De Ruyter (F806) (Dutch: Hr.Ms. De Ruyter) was a frigate of the Tromp class. The ship was in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy from 1976 to 2001. The frigate was named after Dutch naval hero Michiel de Ruyter. The ship's radio call sign was "PAEP".

Service history

HNLMS De Ruyter was one of two Tromp-class frigates and was built at the KM de Schelde in Vlissingen. The keel laying took place on 22 December 1971 and the launching on 9 March 1974. The ship was put into service on 3 June 1976.

The De Ruyter and the frigates Callenburgh, Jan van Brakel, Van Kinsbergen and the replenishment ship Poolster departed from Den Helder on 13 January 1986 for a trip to the Far East to show the flag and promote Dutch trade. The ships returned on 19 June.

During the mid-90s the ship was part of Standing Naval Forces Mediterranean (STANAVFORMED) and helped to enforce an embargo for the coast of Yugoslavia.

On 3 October 2001 the vessel was decommissioned and later scrapped. The bridge with radar dome of De Ruyter are preserved at the Dutch Navy Museum in Den Helder.