HNLMS De Ruyter (F804)

	HNLMS De Ruyter (F804)
Laid down:	1 September 2000
Launched:	13 April 2002
Commissioned:	March 2004
General characteristics
Class and type:	De Zeven Provinciën class frigate
Displacement:	6,050 tonnes (full load)
Length:	144.24 m
Beam:	18.80 m
Draft:	5.18 m
Propulsion:	2 propeller shafts, controllable pitch propellers; 2 Wärtsilä 16V6ST diesel engines, 8.4 MW each; 2 Rolls Royce Spey SM1C gas turbines, 18.5 MW each; 4 GEC Alsthom Paxman diesel-generators, 1650 kW each
Speed:	30 knots
Complement:	174 (227 incl. command staff)
Armament:	5×8 Mk41 vertical launch system with 8 cells each; Standard armament: 8×4 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile and 32 SM-2 IIIA surface-to-air missiles; Another 8 cell MK41 VLS can be added; 2 Goalkeeper CIWS guns; 2 quadruple Harpoon anti-ship missile launchers; 1 Oto Melara 127 mm/54 dual-purpose gun; 2 Oerlikon Contraves 20 mm machine guns; 2 twin MK32 Mod 9 torpedo launchers with Raytheon MK46 Mod 5 torpedoes

For other ships of the same name, see HNLMS De Ruyter.

HNLMS De Ruyter (F804) (Dutch Hr. Ms. De Ruyter) is a De Zeven Provinciën class frigate.

HNLMS De Ruyter (F804) was previously commanded by Commander Jeanette Morang. She was the first woman to command a Netherlands Navy frigate.

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