The ''Tromp'' class were two
frigate
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The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed and ...
s built for the
Royal Netherlands Navy
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During the 17th century, the navy of the Dutch Republic (1581–1795) was one of the most powerful naval forces in the world an ...
during the 1970s to replace the s as squadron flagships.
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
Vlissingen (; zea, label=Zeelandic, Vlissienge), historically known in English as Flushing, is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands on the former island of Walcheren. With its strategic l ...
). The ships served as
fleet flagship
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s and area air defence vessels. Their
3D radar
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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 s. A total of four new frigates have been built, including two also named and .
Ships
See also
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Maarten Tromp
References
Bibliography
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Frigate classes
Frigates of the Royal Netherlands Navy