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Guided Missile Frigate F 803 HNLMS Tromp |
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class: De Zeven Provincien class Guided Missile Frigate / FFG ADCF (Air Defense and Command Frigate) / LCF-Fregat (Luchtverdedigings- en Commando Fregat) Builder: Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde / KMS (Royal Schelde Shipbuilding, Vlissingen, The Netherlands) STATUS: Laid down: September 3, 1999 Launched: April 7, 2001 Commissioned: March 14, 2003 IN SERVICE Homeport: Den Helder Namesake: Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp & Cornelis Maartenszoon Tromp Ship's motto: - Technical Data: see INFO > De Zeven Provincien class Guided Missile Frigate |
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                                              an RIM-66 Standard Missile SM-2MR was fired from the Mk.41 VLS  an RIM-66 Standard Missile SM-2MR was fired from the Mk.41 VLS  an RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) was fired from the Mk.41 VLS  an RIM-66 Standard Missile SM-2MR was fired from the Mk.41 VLS  an RIM-66 Standard Missile SM-2MR was fired from the Mk.41 VLS  an RIM-66 Standard Missile SM-2MR was fired from the Mk.41 VLS  an RGM-84 Harpoon SSM was fired from the Mk.141 tube launcher during Exercise RIMPAC 2024  an RGM-84 Harpoon SSM was fired from the Mk.141 tube launcher during Exercise RIMPAC 2024  an RGM-84 Harpoon SSM was fired from the Mk.141 tube launcher during Exercise RIMPAC 2024  integrated Mk.32 twin-torpedo tubes for Mk.46 torpedoes |
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HNLMS Tromp (F 803): 2006 - Theatre Ballistic Missile Tracking Exercises: In November 2006, HNLMS Tromp participated in a live Theatre Ballistic Missile (TBM) Tracking Exercise (TRACKEX). The event took place on the Pacific Missile Range Facility off Hawaii. For the TRACKEX, Tromp was equipped with the experimental Extended Long Range (ELR) modification to its Thales Nederland SMART-L radar. During the exercise, a ballistic missile surrogate was launched from Kauai Island and was successfully tracked by HNLMS Tromp using its ELR-modified SMART-L radar. Another successful TRACKEX was held in December 2006. 2010 - Deployment to the Indian Ocean: Tromp deployed to the Indian Ocean off the coast of Africa as part of Operation Atalanta, which is composed of European Union naval units. The operation is tasked with suppression of piracy in the region. On 14 March 2010, Tromp responded to a distress call from the transport ship MV Lubeck, which was under attack from two pirate skiffs. Tromp launched her helicopter, which forced the whaler mother ship to stop. Tromp then sent a boarding party to secure the vessel. The following day, Tromp tracked down the two skiffs about 100 km (62 mi) from the whaler and stopped them. Crew from Tromp sank the mother ship, and confiscated satellite phones, AK-47s, a rocket launcher, and boarding equipment. Three days later, on 17 March 2010, Tromp was involved in an incident with suspected pirates off the coast of eastern Africa. Two small boats approached the frigate at high speed. After realizing Tromp was a warship, the pirates fled. However, Tromp pursued and captured the two boats, along with a mother ship. The frigate destroyed the two boats and released the pirates to the mother ship, after it had been cleared of weapons. On 5 April 2010, Tromp rescued the container ship MV Taipan by rappelling 6 Marines from its Lynx helicopter (under covering fire from the helicopter and Tromp) to the deck of Taipan, resulting in the capture of 10 pirates. The 13 crew (2 German, 3 Russian, 8 Sri Lankan) were unharmed having taken refuge in a secure location after stopping the ship's engines. 2010 - State Visit Norway: On 1 June 2010, Queen Beatrix visited Norway aboard Tromp for a 3-day state visit. 2011 - Libyan civil war: On her return to her homeport in February 2011 through the Mediterranean, the ship was deployed to the Gulf of Sidra to potentially assist in the safe return of Dutch nationals during the 2011 Libyan civil war. While performing an evacuation mission near the town of Sirte, a Lynx helicopter and its three-man crew were captured by members of the Libyan Army. The Dutch engineer and Swedish woman they were trying to rescue were allowed to leave Libya; negotiations yielded the crew's release. source: wikipedia - - - - - Until now nine ships have borne the name TROMP: Tromp no. 1 - A 54-gun ship of the line under the admiralty of the Maze (1777-1796) with the full name of Maarten Harpertsz Tromp. P. van Zwijndregt built it on the stat Warf at Rotterdam. It made its maiden voyage under the command of Captain C. van Gennep and joined the fleet at Texel. On February 23, 1796, the Tromp set off with seven other ships for India, under the command of Rear Admiral E. Lucas. This squadron surrendered on August 17, 1796 in the Saldanha Bay to the English fleet under the command of Vice Admiral G. Keith. Afterwards, the ship still under the name Tromp served in the British Navy and was sold for scrap on August 9, 1815. Tromp no. 2 - The armed schooner number 22 (1809-1826) which was built in 1804 as the Admiral C. Tromp was armed with seven cannons with a crew of 50 men. In 1805, the ship took part in the expedition to Vlissingen. On august 30th, 1826 the schooner was sold for NLG 530 ($ 340) for scrap in Rotterdam. Tromp no. 3 - In 1805 the 64/68 gunship of the line Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp (1808-1823) was laid down in Rotterdam, launched in 1808 and put into service un Captain I.A. van der Straten on May 5th, 1811. In 1820, the Tromp was rejected and sold to the colonial Navy. In 1823, the ship was scrapped in Indonesia. Tromp no. 4 - 74 Gunship of the line (1850-1867). P. Shut jr. laid down the hull in 1830, but it was not launched until twenty years later. The ship was never actually sailed and was removed form the fleet in 1867 and sold for scrap in 1872. Tromp no. 5 - The 1st Class screw-driven steamship Tromp (1877-1904) was built at the state wharf in Amsterdam and put into service under Captain H.D. Guyot on May 30, 1879. The ship was built of steel with a wood covered hull. Although steam powered, it had auxiliary sails with as surface area of about 1600m2. The ship was taken off the fleet in 1904 and sold for scrap in September 19, 1904. Tromp no. 6 - The Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp (1904-1933) was built at the state wharf in Amsterdam and put into service on April 5, 1906 commanded by Captain F.C.E.L. Koster. In the last 4 years of her service, the ship served as a training vessel before being replaced in 1927 and sold for scrap in 1933. Tromp no. 7 - The HM Tromp was the flotilla leader of the Decker's fleet plan, which was introduced in 1931. It was however not until January 17 1936, that the first keel plates were laid down at the Netherlands Shipbuilding dockyard in Amsterdam. During World War II the ship saw a lot of action in the Indian waters and the southern part of the pacific. In 1949, the ship was reduced to a technical training ship for the Royal Dutch Navy. Tromp no. 8 - The guided missile Frigate HNLMS Tromp (F 801), a Tromp-class area-air-defense Frigate, was laid down on August 4, 1971 by the Royal Schelde in Vlissingen and commissioned in October 1975. In 2001, the ship was put out of service and in being replaced by the ADCF. Tromp no. 9 - The Air-defense Command Frigate HNLMS Tromp (F 803), a "De Zeven Provincien"-class Frigate, was launched in April 2001 and commissioned in RNLN in April 2003; - - - - - NOTE: Royal Netherlands Navy vessels are given the international prefix "HNLMS", short for His/Her Netherlands Majesty's Ship) In Dutch Zr.Ms. for Zijner Majesteits (His Majesty's) or Hr.Ms. for Harer Majesteits (Her Majesty's) and then the ship's name without using the word ship. e.g. Zr.Ms. Evertsen means 'His Majesty's Evertsen' and not 'His Majesty's ship Evertsen'. |
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