HNLMS Amsterdam (A836)
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HNLMS Amsterdam was the last replenishment oiler serving with the Royal Netherlands Navy. Amsterdam entered service on 2 September 1995 and replaced HNLMS Poolster. On 4 December 2014 it was decommissioned and sold to the Peruvian Navy where it was renamed BAP Tacna.
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Amsterdam on 2 July 2011 | |
Class overview | |
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Name | Amsterdam class |
Builders | Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding, Vlissingen |
Operators | |
Preceded by | HNLMS Poolster |
Succeeded by | HNLMS Den Helder |
Built | 1992–1995 |
In service | 1995–present |
In commission | 1995–present |
Planned | 2 |
Completed | 1 |
Cancelled | 1 |
Active | 1 |
History | |
Netherlands | |
Name | Amsterdam |
Namesake | City of Amsterdam |
Ordered | October 1991 |
Builder | Royal Schelde, Vlissingen |
Laid down | 25 May 1992 |
Launched | 11 September 1993 |
Commissioned | 2 September 1995 |
Decommissioned | 4 December 2014 |
Stricken | 2014 |
Identification | Hull number: A836 |
Fate | Sold to Peru in 2014 |
Peru | |
Name | BAP Tacna |
Namesake | Tacna |
Acquired | July 2014 |
Commissioned | 4 December 2014 |
Identification |
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Status | In active service |
General characteristics | |
Type | Replenishment oiler |
Displacement | 17,040 t (16,771 long tons) |
Length | 165.84 m (544 ft 1 in) |
Beam | 23.70 m (77 ft 9 in) |
Draught | 8 m (26 ft 3 in) |
Propulsion | IZAR/Burmeister & Wain diesels, 19,567 kW (26,240 hp) |
Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
Range | 13,440 nautical miles (24,890 km; 15,470 mi) at 20 knots |
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Complement | 160 |
Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 4 × Lynx or 3 × NH-90 helicopters |
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