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Dom Francisco de Almeida 2009  

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Bartolomeu Dias (ex-Van Nes)	F333		De Schelde, Vlissingen, Netherlands	10.1.1990	16.5.1992	2.6.1994 // 16.1.2009	in service (2019)
Dom Francisco de Almeida (ex-Van Galen)	F334		De Schelde, Vlissingen, Netherlands	7.6.1990	21.11.1992	1.12.1994 // 15.1.2010	in service (2019)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	2800
Displacement full, t	3320
Length, m	114.4 pp 122.3 oa
Breadth, m	13.1 wl 14.4 oa
Draught, m	4.30 hull 6.20 sonar
No of shafts	2
Machinery	CODOG: 2 Roll-Royce Spey RM1C gas turbines / 2 Werkspoor-Wärtsilä 12SW280 V12 diesels
Power, h. p.	48900 / 9800
Max speed, kts	30
Fuel, t	diesel / gas turbine oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	5000(18)
Armament	2 x 4 Harpoon SSM (8 RGM-84A/C), 1 x 16 Sea Sparrow SAM (VLS, 16 RIM-7M), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact SR, 1 x 7 - 30/87 Goalkeeper, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 4 - 324 Mk 32 TT (Mk 46 Mod.5), 1 helicopter (Super Lynx Mk 95)
Electronic equipment	Decca 1690/9, Scout, SMART-S, LW-08, 2x STIR 1.8, Goalkeeper radars, LR-IRSCAN e/o system, PHS-36(HSA), Anaconda (provision for) sonars, AR-700, 2x APECS II ECM suites, 2x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL, SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy, SEWACO VIIB CCS
Complement	164

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Project history

Van Nes was transferred 1.12.2008 followed by Van Galen 1.11.2009. Originally known as "M" (Karel Doorman) class.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.