@ Invicible, nice concept, how many are the Dutch planning to produce? We too should be getting an LHD in the next few years and the requirement is somewhere around
- 8 helicopters
- 100 vehicles
- 1000 personnel
- 19 thousand tonnes
- 190m length
Only one is being build for the Koninklijke Marine (Royal Navy or Royal Netherlandic Navy*) so far and is to replace the oldest transport/logistics ship, the Hr. Ms. Zuiderkruis (HMS Southerncross) and is meant to be able to:
- transport heavy equipement (Leopards, Howitzers, 2 chinooks or 6 NH-90's more heli space at the lwoer deck if required, up to 6 chinooks for example )
- Logistic support (heli landings)
- Large storage space (logistics)
- 2 LVCPs
- Room for 300 people (of which a cre of 150)
Size: 204,7 x 30,4 x 8 meters
Weight: 27.800 ton
Speed: 18 knots
Sources:
http://proto5.thinkquest.nl/~lle0555/jss.htmlhttp://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/JLOS* Speaking of which, if we translate the various "royal navies" to inlcude the country name, why not call the British royal navy "Royal British Navy"? xD Plenty of navies call themselfs "Royal navy" in their own language and also use HMS (in their own language) when naming ships. =p
Edit: On the wbesite of the ministery of defence they use a different render:
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Source:
http://www.defensie.nl/dmo/materieelprojecten/zeestrijdkrachten/verwerving_joint_logistiek_ondersteuningsschip_%28jss%29/Oh and other ships that are WIP are some OPVs (Ocean Patrol Vessel), which will be of the "Holland klass" (Holland class), they'll be "ocean going patrolships" (corvettes aka "small fregats"):
They's use the names of various provinces (drawing from a source of 7 provinces, theses days we have 12 provinces, for example the former province "holland" was split up in "noord holland" and "zuid holland"):
- P840 Hr. Ms. Holland (Hms Holland)
- P841 Hr. Ms. Zeeland (Hms Sealand)
- P842 Hr. Ms. Friesland (Hms Friesland)
- P843 Hr. Ms. Groningen (Hms Groningen)
Source:
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollandklasse_%28OPV%29Not to be confused with the zeven provinciƫn (seven procinces)class, which are fregats from 2002-2005:
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Zeven_Provinci%C3%ABnklasse_%28fregat%29Rather funny, you'd expect the seven provinces class ships to carry the names of one of the former seven provinces, but these guys carry the names of former people of importance in the KM.