Country: Netherlands.
Class, [Type]: Johan de Witt, [LPD ].
Homeport: Den Helder.
Callsign: PAJW ( )
Builder: Royal Schelde Shipyard, Netherlands.
Laid down date: 18 June 2003.
Launch date: 13 May 2006.
Commission date: 30 November 2007.
Displacement ( tons ): 16800 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 176,5 x 25 x 6.
Main machinery: Diesel-electric: 4 x Holec electric motor ( 16300 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 19.
Range ( miles ): 6000 at 12 knots.
Complement: 124 ( 13 officers ).
Guns: 2 x 7 30mm Goalkeeper, 4 x 1 Oerlikon 20mm.
Boats and landing craft carried: 6 x LCU or 4 x LCVPor 2 x LCACs.
Marines: 611 ( 41 officers ).
Military lift: 33 x MBTs or 170 x APCs.
Radar: Air/Surface: DA-08; Surface: 2 x ARPA.
Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x Mk36 SRBOC, AN/SLQ-25 Nixie.
Helicopter: 4 x EH 101 Merlin or 6 x NH 90.
Year of visit the Black Sea: 2009