HNLMS Den Helder
| Class overview | |
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| Name | Den Helder class |
| Builders | Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding Damen Shipyards Galați |
| Operators | Royal Netherlands Navy |
| Preceded by | HNLMS Amsterdam |
| Cost | €374 million (2019) (equivalent to €401.9 million in 2022) |
| Built | 2020–present |
| Planned | 1 |
| Building | 1 |
| Completed | 1 |
| Active | 0 |
| History | |
| Netherlands | |
| Name | Den Helder |
| Namesake | City of Den Helder |
| Awarded | 19 February 2020 |
| Builder | Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding Damen Shipyards Galați |
| Cost | €374 million (2019) (equivalent to €401.9 million in 2022) |
| Yard number | 312421000 / 421000 |
| Laid down | 2 June 2021 |
| Launched | October 2022 |
| Commissioned | February 2025 |
| Homeport | Den Helder |
| Identification | |
| Status | Delivered and on sea trials |
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| General characteristics | |
| Type | Replenishment oiler |
| Displacement | 20,000 t (19,684 long tons) |
| Length | 179.5 m (588 ft 11 in) o/a |
| Beam | 22 m (72 ft 2 in) |
| Draught | 8 m (26 ft 3 in) |
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| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 2 × LCVPs in davits |
| Complement | 75 (plus 75 people) |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 NH90 NFH (medium sized helicopters) |
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HNLMS Den Helder is a new replenishment oiler of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Also known as the Combat Support Ship (CSS), Den Helder is planned to fill the gap of replenishment at sea that was left after HNLMS Amsterdam was sold to Peru in 2014. The design is based on the Karel Doorman.