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 HNLMS Groningen (P843)

29/5/2013

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Groningen as seen moored at Liverpool's cruise ship terminal on 3 March 2013.
 
Commissioned in 2011 she is one of four Holland Class Class ships constructed by Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding in Vlissingen. The total cost of all four vessels was €467.8m.

The ships are built to a modern 'stealth' design that reduces the ability of hostile radar systems to detect them.

She has a tonnage of 3,750 is 108.4m long, 16m beam with a draught of 4.55m. Her propulsion system is a combined electric or diesel  (CODELOD)   system driving a pair of 3.2m diameter controllable pitch propellers. This gives a top speed of 21.5 knots and a range of 5000 nautical miles at 15 knots.

The ship's complement is 50 with accommodation for up to 40 other personnel.

Her armament consists of a 76mm/62 caliber Oto-Melara Super rapid Gun, a 30mm Oto-Melara MARLIN WS (Modular Advanced Remotely Controlled  Lightweight Naval Weapon Station), two 12.7 mm Oto-Melara Hitrole NT, two 12,7 mm Browning M2HB MG and six 7.62 mm FN MG.

The ships also carry two Fast Raiding Interception Special Forces Craft (FRISC) each having a top speed exceeding 40 knots.
 
A stern flight deck and hanger is able to accommodate a NH-90 helicopter.
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Groningen' s primary weapon is a 76mm/62 calibre Oto-Melara Super
Rapid gun.

Barrel length is 4.72m and the weapon weighs approximately 7.5 tons.

It is highly manouverable being able to traverse 360 degrees and elevate from -15 degrees up to +85 degrees.

With a 85 round magazine its rate of fire is 120 rounds per  minute with a muzzle velocity of 925 m/s and range of 30,000m.
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    My interest in ships and the sea started back in 2006 when I worked for a couple of years  on the banks of the River Mersey. I have since been on a couple of cruises around the Med and in the Far East and have started to take more interest in researching and photographing some of the ships and other vessels seen on my travels.

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