February 1988. The Mediterranean Sea. Photo by A. Andreev.

Country: Netherlands.
Class, [Type]: Tromp, [FFG].
Homeport: Den Helder.

Callsign: PAEP (     )

Builder: Koninklijke Maatschappij De Shelde, Netherlands.
Launch date: 9 March 1974.
Commission date: 3 June 1976.
Decommission date: 3 October 2001.

Displacement ( tons ): 3665 standard, 4300 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 138,5 x 15 x 4,6.
Main machinery: CODOG: 2 x RR Olympus TM3B gas turbines ( 50880 hp ), 2 x RR Tyne RM1C gas turbines ( 9900 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 30.
Range ( miles ): 5000 at 18 knots.
Complement: 306 ( 34 officers ).

Guns: 2 x 2 120mm Bofors, 1 x 7 30mm Goalkeeper, 2 x 1 20mm Oerlikon.
Missiles: SSM: 2 x 4 Harpoon; SAM: 1 x 1 Mk13 for Standard SM-1MR ( 40 missiles ), 1 x 8 Mk29 Sea Sparrow ( 16 missiles ).
Torpedoes: 2 x 3 324mm Mk32 ( Mk46 torpedoes ).

Radars: Air/Surface: MTTR/SPS-01; Navigation: 2 x Racal Decca 1226; Fire Control: 2 x AN/SPG-51C.
Sonars: CWE 610.
Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x Mk36 SRBOC, AN/SLQ-25 Nixie; ESM/ECM: Ramses.
Helicopters: 1 x SH-14B Lynx.