In Rotterdam, September 2017 Class overview Name: Karel Doorman class Operators: Royal Netherlands Navy German Navy Preceded by: HNLMS Zuiderkruis, HNLMS Amsterdam Cost: 363 million euro (480 million USD) Built: 2011–2014 Building: 0 Planned: 1 Completed: 1 History Netherlands Name: Karel Doorman Namesake: Karel Doorman Builder: Galați shipyard, Romania Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding, Netherlands (fitting out) Laid down: 7 June 2011 Launched: 17 October 2012 Commissioned: 24 April 2015 General characteristics Type: Joint Logistic Support Ship Displacement: 27,800 long tons (28,246 t) full load Length: 204.7 m (671 ft 7 in) Beam: 30.4 m (99 ft 9 in) Draught: 7.8 m (25 ft 7 in) Propulsion: Diesel-electric 4 × Rolls-Royce Bergen V12A Diesel generators 5.5 MW 1 × Rolls-Royce Bergen L6A Diesel generator 2.8 MW 2 × Converteam/GE electric motors 8.9 MW 2 × Rolls-Royce CPP propellers 2 × Wärtsilä Bow thruster, 1.25 MW 1 × Wärtsilä Stern thruster, 0.75 MW Speed: 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h) Range: 9,800 nmi (18,100 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h) Complement: 150 crew, 150 Non-enlisted persons (Helicopter-crews, medical teams) Sensors and processing systems: Thales Nederland Integrated Mast Thales SeaMaster 400 SMILE Air Warning radar Thales SeaWatcher 100 SeaStar Surface detection radar Thales Gatekeeper electro-optical surveillance system Thales SCOUT Mk 3 low probability of intercept shipborne surveillance radar Armament: Guns: 2 × Goalkeeper CIWS 2 × 30mm Marlin WS rapid fire gun 4 × 12.7mm Hitrole NT machine gun 6–8 x 7.62mm FN MAG machine gun Boats and landing craft: 2 × Landing craft vehicle personnel 2 × RHIB Landing beach for Landing craft utility Aircraft carried: Up to 6 x NH90 with blades folded or 2 x CH-47 Chinook with blades spread. Aviation facilities: Two-spot helideck and hangar for up to 6 medium helicopters