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DE RUYTER (2004 > De Zeven Provinciƫn-class Frigate F804 of Royal Netherlands Navy : 144.24 m (473 ft 3 in) overall) Own Page

Netherlands Naval Frigate DE RUYTER : F804, passing Clydebank (River Clyde) on passage to Glasgow

Ship's locationPassing Clydebank (River Clyde, Scotland, UK)Port of RegistryRoyal Netherlands Navy
Arrived fromNATO Exercise Formidable Shield 2025
Sailing forBerth 6 King George V Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) .... tugs CMS WRESTLER and CMS BOXER

Contributed by Robert McManus

A group of NATO warships has arrived in Glasgow following the conclusion of Exercise Formidable Shield 2025, NATO’s largest live-fire integrated air and missile defence exercise.

The NATO ships arrived at KGV dock in Glasgow include the french naval warship D651, the Netherlands naval warship F803 and F804. Assisted by CMS BOXER and CMS Wrestler.

HNLMS De Ruyter (F804)
History
Netherlands
Name De Ruyter
Namesake Michiel de Ruyter
Builder Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding
Laid down 1 September 2000
Launched 13 April 2002
Commissioned March 2004
Identification
Status In active service
Badge
General characteristics
Class and type De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate
Displacement 6,050 t (5,950 long tons) (full load)
Length 144.24 m (473 ft 3 in)
Beam 18.80 m (61 ft 8 in)
Draft 5.18 m (17 ft 0 in)
Propulsion
Speed 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement 174 (227 incl. command staff)
Sensors and
processing systems
Armament
Aircraft carried 1 x NH90 NFH[3] helicopter

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