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HNLMS Van Kinsbergen (F809)

Frigate of the Royal Netherlands Navy

Summary

Frigate of the Royal Netherlands Navy

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image	Het S-fregat Hr.Ms. Van Kinsbergen (F809) in maart 1990 (0075-046-020-12).jpg
image_caption	Van Kinsbergen in 1990
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country	Netherlands
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name	Van Kinsbergen
namesake	Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen
ordered	1974
builder	KM de Schelde, Vlissingen
laid_down	2 September 1975
launched	16 April 1977
commissioned	24 April 1980
identification	Pennant number F 809
decommissioned	1995
fate	Sold to the Hellenic Navy, 1995
section3	{{Infobox ship/career
hide_header	title
country	Greece
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name	Navarinon
acquired	1995
commissioned	1 March 1995
identification	F 461
status	active service
section4	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
class
displacement	*3500 LT standard
*{{convert	3800	LT	t	abbr	on}} full load
length	130 m
beam	14.4 m
draft	4.4 m
propulsion	*Combined gas or gas (COGOG) system:
*2 × Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C gas turbines, {{convert	4900	shp	abbr	on}} each
*2 × Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines, {{convert	25700	shp	abbr	on}} each (boost)
speed	*20 kn cruise
endurance
complement	176–196
aircraft	2 × Sea Lynx helicopters (1 in peacetime)

3800 LT full load
2 × Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C gas turbines, 4900 shp each
2 × Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines, 25700 shp each (boost)
2 shafts
30 kn maximum
2 × OTO-Melara Compatto 76 mm/62 cal. gun
2 × twin Mk46 torpedo tubes
2 × quad RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile launchers
1 × 8-cell Sea Sparrow anti-aircraft missile launchers
1 × Goalkeeper in Dutch service
1 × Phalanx in Greek service

HNLMS Van Kinsbergen (F809) () was a frigate of the . The ship was in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy from 1980-1995. She was named after Dutch naval hero Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen.

Design and construction

In the early 1970s, the Royal Netherlands Navy developed a 'Standard' frigate design to replace the destroyers of the - and es. The 'Standard' design would have anti-submarine (the ) and anti-aircraft (the ) variants with different armaments on a common hull design. The first eight Kortenaers were ordered in 1974, with four more ordered in 1976, although two were sold to Greece while being built, and replaced by two of the anti-aircraft variant.

The Kortenaers were 130.2 m long overall and 121.8 m between perpendiculars, with a beam) of 14.4 m and a draft of 4.4 m (and 6.0 m at the propellers). Displacement was 3000 LT standard and 3785 LT full load. The ship was powered by two 25800 shp Rolls-Royce Olympus TM 3B and two 4900 shp Rolls-Royce Tyne TM 1C gas turbines in a combined gas or gas (COGOG) arrangement, driving two propeller shafts. The Olympus engines gave a speed of 30 kn, and the Tyne cruise engines gave a speed of 20 kn.

A Westland Lynx approaches the flight deck of ''Van Kinsbergen''

''Van Kinsbergen'' manoeuvring dynamically; aft view with hangar and armament.

Van Kinsbergens main anti-aircraft armament was an 8-round NATO Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missile launcher in front of the bridge. An OTO Melara 76 mm was fitted forward of the Sea Sparrow launcher, while a Goalkeeper CIWS was planned to be fitted aft, on the roof of the ship's hangar. Goalkeeper was not available when the ships were built, however, and Van Kinsbergen was completed with a Bofors 40 mm L/60 anti-aircraft gun in its place. Eight Harpoon anti-ship missiles could be carried in two quadruple launchers, although two or four Harpoons was a more normal peacetime load-out. A hangar and fight deck were fitted to accommodate two Westland Lynx helicopters, although only one was normally carried. Close-in anti submarine armament was provided by four 324 mm tubes for US Mark 46 torpedoes. A Signaal LW-08 long-range air search radar was fitted, together with a ZW-06 surface-search radar, with WM-25 and STIR-180 fire control radars to direct the ship's armament. A Canadian SQS-505 hull-mounted sonar was fitted.

Van Kinsbergens Bofors was replaced by the intended Goalkeeper by 1995. On transfer to Greece, the Goalkeeper was removed. Greece replaced it by an American Phalanx CIWS, while Agusta-Bell AB 212 helicopters replaced the Lynxes.

HNLMS Van Kinsbergen was laid down at the Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde (KM de Schelde) shipyard in Vlissingen on 2 September 1975. She was launched on 16 April 1977 and commissioned into service on 24 April 1980 with the Pennant number F 809. The ship's radio call sign was "PADC".

Dutch service history

Van Kinsbergen and the frigates , , , and the replenishment ship 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.

In 1995, the vessel was transferred to the Hellenic Navy.

Greek service history

The ship was commissioned into the Hellenic Navy on 1 March 1995, with the new name Navarinon and the pennant number F 461.

On 28 December, the ship participated in a rescue mission to assist after it caught fire.

Notes

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