HNLMS Amsterdam
A 836
1995
(Albatros ALK-66)
- Class: Amsterdam 1 Fast combat support ship of 1990
- Displacement: 17,040 tons full load
- Dimensions: 545 x 72 x 26 ft.
- Machinery: 2 Bazan/Burmeister & Wain diesels, 1 shaft, 24,000 hp = 20 knots
- Guns: 1-30mm Goalkeeper CIWS; 2-20mm guns
- Helicopters: 3 Lynx or 3 SH-3D or 3 NH-90 or 2 EH-101
- Crew: 160 including 24 aircrew plus 20 spare
- Cargo: 6,815 tons dieso, 1,660 tons aviation fuel; 290 tons solid stores
- Builder: Merwede, Hardinxveld, and Royal Schelde, Vissingen
- Keel Laid: 25 May 1992
- Launched: 11 Sep 1993
- Commissioned: 2 Sep 1995
- Decommissioned: 4 Dec 2014
- Notes: Amsterdam was built in close cooperation with Spain, which produced near sister Patino at the same time. Amsterdam was the last replenishment oiler serving with the Royal Netherlands Navy. She served in many NATO task forces, including patrols in the Mediterranean, service with Operation Enduring Freedom, and anti-piracy work off Somalia. In 2014 she was sold to Peruvian Navy and renamed Tacna.
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