VAN AMSTEL fregate (831) HNLMS

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Built as a multipurpose frigate under yard No 367 by Koninklijke Schelde Groep, Vlissingen for the Dutch Royal Navy.
03 May laid down.
19 May 1990 launched as HMS VAN AMSTEL (F831), named after Jan van Amstel 1618 – 1669.
She was one of the Karel Doorman-class frigate’s
Displacement; 3,300 tons, dim. 122 x 14.4 x 6.2m. (draught)
Propulsion:
2 Rolls-Royce (Spey 1A) 12,500 kW (16,700 hp) gas turbines
2 Stork-Werkspoor 3,650 kW (4,895 hp) diesel engines.
Speed: 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph) (gas turbines), 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) (diesels).
Range 5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph).
Endurance 30 days.
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 defense gun)
4× Mk 32 324 mm torpedo tubes, Mark 46 torpedoes
Aircraft carried, NH90 (as of 2013) helicopter.
Crew 154.
27 May 1993 commissioned.

HNLMS VAN AMSTEL (F831) is a ship of the Karel Doorman class of multi-purpose frigates (also known as "M-frigate" class) of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Built by the shipyard Koninklijke Schelde Groep in Vlissingen. The ship is named after the Dutch Captain Jan van Amstel.

History
1990s
In 1995 the ship assisted in the response after Hurricane Luis at the island of Sint Maarten in the Netherlands Antilles.

2000s
The ship was deployed in a multinational force in the Oman Sea in 2001/2002 in Operation Enduring Freedom.
In September 2005 the ship assisted in the Dutch response to Hurricane Katrina by sending its sailors ashore to southern Mississippi to
2010s
On 11 May 2012, VAN AMSTEL apprehended 11 Somali pirates after the ship's Lynx helicopter sighted a suspicious fishing dhow towing two skiffs, 400 nautical miles (740 km; 460 mi) off the Somali coast. When the ship's boarding team approached the dhow, the team found 11 suspected pirates of Somali origin and a total of 17 hostages on board. After taking the suspected pirates to the VAN AMSTEL, the boarding team found significant evidence that linked the 11 men to an armed attack on the motor tanker SUPER LADY a few days prior. The 17 hostages were freed. They were Iranian fishermen.

In 2016, VAN AMSTEL joined Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2)
In April 2017, VAN AMSTEL seized nearly 700 kilograms (1,500 lb) of cocaine in two separate drug busts. The busts happened in waters between Curaçao and Colombia.
From 26 June to 6 July 2018, VAN AMSTEL participated in Exercise Dynamic Mongoose 2018 along with units from other nations.
2020s
In May 2022, VAN AMSTEL participated in the Mjølner exercise off Andøy Island, Norway.
On 9 October 2022, VAN AMSTEL along with HNLMS DE ZEVEN PROVICIEN deployed to conduct drills with the aircraft carrier USS GERALD R FORD.
2023 n service.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HNLMS_Van_Amstel_(F831)

About Jan van Amstel:
Where does the name come from?
The ship is named after Jan van Amstel. Van Amstel was born on December 12, 1618 in Gemert, Noord Brabant.
Van Amstel is buried in Schijndel with on his gravestone the poem that Joost van den Vondel wrote about his heroic deeds at sea. Little is known about Van Amstel's youth. When he rides his father's horse lame at a young age, he leaves for Amsterdam. There he moves in with his family, the well-known mayor family Bicker.
He only appears in historiography again in 1654, when he goes on a mission to Russia as a commander. Van Amstel distinguished himself in the Republic's fight for free trade at sea. This was especially evident in the so-called Northern War (1655-1660). In it, Amsterdam fought against Charles X Gustavus of Sweden. This Karel endangered the trade of Amsterdam by his conquest plans in the Baltic Sea.
During the voyage against the Swedes in November 1659 under De Ruyter, Jan van Amstel was commander of the ship De ZEVEN PROVINCIÉN. On this journey, he conquered the strong fortress town of Nyborg.
The issuing of the Act of Navigation by England (1651) worsened the Republic's relationship with England. Van Amstel was particularly active in the Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-1667). Van Amstel was then commander of the 60-gun ship DE VRIJHEID (Freedom). He took part in the Four Days' Battle (1666), in which his ship was badly damaged. In 1667 he was commander of the ship TIJDVERDRIJF (Pastime) with 64 guns, taking part in the famous Voyage to Chatham.
On April 18, 1668, he was still living in Amsterdam, on the Rouaanse Kade. This is evidenced by the will he made on that day. He is then ready to carry out a mission with his warship for his principals. He was probably injured during this assignment and then transferred to Schijndel. There Jan van Amstel dies on September 29, 1669.

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