Name Evertsen Commissioned 10 June 2005 Beam 18.80 m (61 ft 8 in) Launched 19 April 2003 Displacement 6.05 million kg | Laid down 6 September 2001 Status In service Construction started 6 September 2001 Length 144 m Draft 5.18 m | |
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Class and type De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate | ||
HNLMS Evertsen (F805) (Dutch: Zr.Ms. Evertsen) is the fourth De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate of the Royal Netherlands Navy.
Service history
Evertsen visited South Africa in late 2007 as part of a NATO task force on a friendship visit. From February till June 2008 she was patrolling the Somalian waters for the World Food Programme. The ship was back in these same waters in 2009 for operation Atalanta. In early December 2009, she was involved in the capture of a group of Somali pirates, who had allegedly attacked the merchant ship BBC Togo.
As of 2014, Commander Jos Oppeneer is HNLMS Evertsen's commanding officer.
References
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