Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Netherlands Naval Frigate TROMP : F803, passing Clydebank (River Clyde) on passage to Glasgow

Contributed by Robert McManus

A group of NATO warships has arrived in Glasgow following the conclusion of Exercise Formidable Shield 2025, NATO’s largest live-fire integrated air and missile defence exercise.

The NATO ships arrived at KGV dock in Glasgow include the french naval warship D651, the Netherlands naval warship F803 and F804. Assisted by CMS BOXER and CMS Wrestler.

HNLMS Tromp at sea
History
Netherlands
Name	Tromp
Namesake	Maarten Tromp and Cornelis Tromp
Laid down	3 September 1999
Launched	7 April 2001
Commissioned	14 March 2003
Identification	MMSI number: 244899000 Callsign: PAET
Honours and awards	KNMI Medal
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General characteristics
Class and type	De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate
Displacement	6,050 tonnes (full load)
Length	144.24 metres (473.2 ft)
Beam	18.80 metres (61.7 ft)
Draft	5.18 metres (17.0 ft)
Propulsion	Combined diesel or gas 2 × Wärtsilä 16 V26 marine diesel engines, 5.1 MW (6,800 hp) each 2 × Rolls-Royce Marine Spey SM 1C gas turbines, 19.5 MW (26,100 hp) each 2 × propeller shafts, 5-bladed controllable pitch propellers
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	174 (202 incl. command staff)
Sensors and processing systems	Thales Nederland SMART-L long-range air and surface surveillance radar Thales Nederland APAR air and surface search, tracking and guidance radar (I band) DECCA NAV navigation radar Thales Nederland Scout (Low-probability-of-intercept) surface search/navigation radar Thales Nederland Sirius IRST long-range infrared surveillance and tracking system Thales Nederland Mirador optical surveillance and tracking system Atlas Elektronik DSQS-24C hull-mounted sonar MK XII IFF system
Armament	Guns: 1 × Oto Melara 127 mm/54 dual-purpose gun 2–4 × Browning M2 12.7 mm machine guns 4–6 × FN MAG 7.62 mm machine guns 1–2 × Goalkeeper CIWS Missiles: 40-cell Mk 41 vertical launching system 32 × SM-2 IIIA surface-to-air missiles 32 × Evolved SeaSparrow missiles (quad-packed) 8 × Harpoon anti-ship missiles 2 × twin Mk 32 Mod 9 torpedo launchers with Mk 46 Mod 5 torpedoes
Aircraft carried	1 x NH90 NFH helicopter