HOLLAND (P840)HNLMS patrol vessel

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Built as a offshore patrol vessel by Damen Galati, Romania for the Dutch Royal Navy, she was completed by the Damen Schelde Group under yard no 408 at Flushing (Vlissingen), Netherland.
08 December 2008 laid down
02 February launched as HNLMS HOLLAND (P840), she was the lead ship of the Holland class of 4 ships.
Displacement 707 ton sdtandard, 4614 full load, dim. 108.4 x 15.2 x 4.55m (draught), length between pp. 99.0m.\
Powered RENK CODELOD by 2 x MAN 12V28/33D diesels engines, 5460 kW each.
Speed 21.5 knots.
Range 5,000 miles at 15 knots. Endurance 21 days.
Boat and landing craft carried, 1 Fast Rescue Boat (FRB). 2 Fast raiding interception and Special Forces Craft (FRISC).
Crew 54 and additional space for 40 prsons.
Armament: 1 x 75mm Oto Melara Supper Rapid, 1 x 30mm Oto Melara Martin WS, 2 x 12.7 mm Oto Melara Hitrole NT, and 6 x 7.62 mm FN MAG machine guns.
Carried 1 helicopter NH-190. Fitted out with a hangar and flight deck.
06 July 2012 commissioned.



HNLMS HOLLAND (P840) HNLMS HOLLAND is the first ship of the HOLLAND-class offshore patrol vessels of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The ship was originally designed to fulfill patrol and intervention tasks against lightly armed opponents, such as pirates and smugglers. However, it also has very advanced electronic and radar surveillance capabilities which are used for military stabilization and security roles, short of outright war. Without sonar or long range weapons, it utilizes the surveillance capabilities of the Thales integrated mast, which integrates communication systems and two 4-faced phased arrays for air and surface search.

HOLLAND was the first ship of the Holland-class offshore patrol vessels to enter service. The ship fulfilled its first task before it had actually entered service when on 15 March 2012 it returned a mirror that had been taken from ROYAL CHARLES after the Raid on the Medway.

In 2013 HOLLAND successfully intercepted two illegal drug transports in the Dutch Caribbean. One of the cargoholds contained more than 2,000 pounds (910 kg) of cocaine. During the Nuclear Security Summit in 2014, HOLLAND and FRIESLAND secured the coastal areas between IJmuiden and Hook of Holland.

On 10 October 2016, HOLLAND was deployed around Haiti, to help after the impact of Hurricane Mathew.

In July 2018, the crew of HNLMS HOLLAND ended a three-month drug patrol in the Dutch Caribbean with a visit to New York. While in the Caribbean Sea, HOLLAND also performed coast guard duties. HOLLAND's sister ship FRIESLAND replaced the vessel in the Caribbean.

In August 2021, HOLLAND was deployed to Haiti once more to support an EU Civil Protection Mechanism mission in response to the 2021 Haiti earthquake subsequent Tropical depression, providing intelligence gathering, safety, helicopter, and security support including an armed team.

In February 2023 the HOLLAND was used to ferry King Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima and Princess of Orange Catharina-Amalia from Aruba to Curaçao during a state visit to the Dutch Caribbean. During the transfer the Royal Family also went for a ride onboard one of the HOLLAND’s FRISCS.

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