Second
Holland Class Patrol Vessel for the Royal Netherlands Navy Begins Sea
Acceptance Trials
On Wednesday 31 August, the second
of four Holland Class Oceangoing Patrol Vessels, "Zeeland"
built by Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding for the Royal Netherlands
Navy, left Vlissingen, The Netherlands, for her sea acceptance trials
(SAT).
Holland Cladd Patrol Vessel for Royal Netherlands
Navy
During
the SAT, primarily the platform as well as parts of the sensor weapons
and communications suite will be extensively tested. The tests will
be performed by representatives of the yard in close cooperation with
representatives of the Royal Netherlands Navy and the main subcontractors.
The Holland class Offshore Patrol Vessels are new patrol boats under
construction for the Royal Netherlands Navy. They are designed to fulfil
patrol and intervention tasks against lightly armed opponents, such
as pirates and smugglers.
A contract between the Royal
Dutch Navy and Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding in Vlissingen, the Netherlands
was signed in 2007 for the construction of four vessels at a total cost
of €511,1m.