History
Netherlands
Name HNLMS Van Galen
Laid down 7 June 1990
Launched 21 November 1992
Commissioned 1 December 1994
Decommissioned 2009
Identification Callsign : PAMGFate Sold to Portugal in 2009. Portugal
Name Dom Francisco de Almeida
Acquired 2009
Identification MMSI number : Callsign : CTFNStatus in active service
General characteristics
Class & type Karel Doorman -classfrigate (Bartolomeu Dias-Class)Displacement 2,800 long tons (2,845t) standard 3,320 long tons (3,373t) full load Length 122.25m (401ft 1in) oa 114.40m (375ft 4in) pp Beam 14.37m (47ft 2in)
Draught 6.05m (19ft 10in)
Propulsion 2 × Rolls-Royce Spey 1A gas turbines, 48,256shp (35,984kW) total 2 × Stork-Werkspoor diesel engines, 4,225hp (3.151MW) each Speed 29kn (54km/h) (gas turbines) 21kn (39km/h; 24mph) (diesels)
Range 5,000nmi (9,300km; 5,800mi) at 18kn (33km/h; 21mph) Endurance 30 days
Complement 154
Sensors & processing systems Thales Nederland LW-08 early warning radar Thales Nederland SMART-S 3-D air-search SeaWatcher 100 active phased array surface detection and tracking radar Thales Gatekeeper Staring Electro-Optic Ship Security System Thales Scout surface search radar 2 × Thales STIR-18 fire control radar Decca 1609/9 navigation radar PHS-36 active bow sonar Electronic warfare & decoys Thales Vigile APX Radar Electronic Support Measures
Armament 1 × Oto Melara 76 mm anti-air/anti-surface gun 16-cell Mark 48 Vertical Launch System (VLS) – 16 Sea Sparrow missile 8 × Harpoon anti-ship missiles 1 × Goalkeeper CIWS (point defence gun) 4 × Mk 32 324 mm torpedo tubes, Mark 46 torpedoes Aircraft carried NH90 NFH (2009) or Westland Lynx (pre-2009) for Royal Netherlands Navy and Super Lynx Mk.95 for Portuguese Navy HNLMS Van Galen (F834) (Dutch :Hr.Ms. Van Galen ) is a ship of the Karel Doorman classfrigates of the Royal Netherlands Navy . Built by the shipyard Koninklijke Schelde Groep in Vlissingen . The ship is named after captain and convoy commander Johan van Galen and served from 1994 to 2008 with the Dutch navy . The radio call sign of the frigate was "PAMG". In 2009 HNLMS Van Galen was sold to Portugal . The ship was transferred in 2010 to the Portuguese Navy , where the ship was put into service as the NRP Dom Francisco de Almeida (F334) .
D. Francisco de Almeida moored in London in 2017HNLMS Van Galen is one of eight Karel Doorman -classfrigates and built at the Koninklijke Schelde Groep yard in Vlissingen . The keel laying took place on 7 June 1990 and the launching on 21 November 1992. The ship was put into service on 1 December 1994. The ship participated in the UNIFIL mission off the coast of Lebanon .
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