HNLMS Amsterdam (A836)
BAP Tacna at San Diego in November 2024 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Capacity |
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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 |
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.