Rotterdam class - L - Landing Ship/Platform Dock IMO: 9109756 MMSI: 244159000 Flight Deck: RD Call Sign: PARD Shipyard: Royal Schelde Events ---Filter---OrderedLaid downLaunchedCommissionedPort VisitDeploymentHomeport History of Hr. Ms. Rotterdam L800 1994-apr-25OrderedOrdered 1996-feb-23Laid downLaid down 1997-feb-22LaunchedLaunched 1998-apr-18CommissionedCommissioned 2005-jun-24DeploymentDeployment Fleet Review: Trafalgar 200 Present at Trafalgar 200 Fleet Review, off Browndown anchorage 2005-jul-01Port VisitPort Visit Present at International Festival of the Sea 2005, Portsmouth 2008-oct-04DeploymentDeployment North Western Approaches Exercise Joint Warrior 08-2 participated in bi-annual multi-national exercise off Scottish coast, until 17 Oct 2011-feb-09 Sighted at Simpson Bay in St. Maarten. 2011-mar-01 Sighted at Simpson Bay in St. Maarten. Helicopters constantly landing and taking off. Also, constantly sailing around the bay. 2011-jul-01HomeportHomeport Den Helder Marinehaven (naval base) naval days 2011 (marinedagen) 2012-jul-11 Den Helder Marinehaven (naval base) departure for operation Ocean Shield 2012-jul-11 Gulf of Aden Combined Task Force 150 from Jul12 to Dec12 operation Ocean Shield embarked 2 Cougars S-419, S-447 2012-dec-22 Den Helder Marinehaven (naval base) return homeport 2016-oct-03DeploymentDeployment ERMO 16 Exercise Emerald Move 2016 Participated in Tyrrhenian Sea exercise 2022-marDeploymentDeployment Exercise Cold Response 2022 participated in Cold Response 22, with 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, US Marines embarked. Add new event for this unitYear:Month: <- (1/12) Optional Day: <- (1/31) Optional Text: Add Event Specifications Rotterdam class 123crew 600troops 12750full load (tn) 166length (m) 25beam (m) 5.90draught (m) 20max speed (knots) 4Naval Engine diesel - electric Stork Wartsila 12SW284Naval Engine electric HOLEC 8Naval Gun Browning .50 machine-gun4Naval Gun single 20 mm2Close-In Weapon System Goalkeeper 1Chaff and decoys AN/SLQ-25 Nixie 1Chaff and decoys Mark 36 SRBOC Aircraft Typical Max Dutch Navy Westland Lynx 06 Dutch Navy NHI NH90 NFH 04 Royal Netherlands Air Force EC AS532U2 Cougar 04 Builder Royal Schelde,