Tromp-class_frigate

<i>Tromp</i>-class frigate

Tromp-class frigate

Class of Dutch frigates

The Tromp class were two frigates built for the Royal Netherlands Navy during the 1970s to replace the De Zeven Provinciën-class cruisers as squadron flagships.

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Tromp in convoy with several others in 1992.

The Tromp-class frigates entered service in 1975 and 1976 and served until 1999 and 2001. Both ships were built by Royal Schelde Shipyard in Flushing (Vlissingen). The ships served as fleet flagships and area air defence vessels. Their 3D radar under a large polyester radome, gave the ships the nickname "Kojak" in the Netherlands Navy. Originally the ships were to have the British Sea Dart missile system, but this was changed to the more compact American Standard surface-to-air missile.

The ships were replaced by the De Zeven Provinciën-class frigates. A total of four new frigates have been built, including two also named Tromp and De Ruyter.

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    Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–95

Bibliography

  • van Amstel, W.H.E. (1991). De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine vanaf 1945. Alkmaar: De Alk. ISBN 9060139976.
  • Visser, Arie; Lemmers, Alan (2014). De vloot getekend: de scheepsklassen van de Koninklijke Marine na 1945. Franeker: van Wijnen. ISBN 9789051944891.
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