HNLMSEvertsen in its original configuration
History
Netherlands
Name	Evertsen
Namesake	Johan Evertsen
Builder	KM de Schelde, Vlissingen
Laid down	6 July 1965
Launched	8 June 1966
Commissioned	21 December 1967
Decommissioned	1989
Identification	Pennant number: F815 Code letters: PAVG
Fate	Sold to the Indonesian Navy
Indonesia
Name	Abdul Halim Perdanakusuma
Namesake	Halim Perdanakusuma
Acquired	13 May 1989
Commissioned	1 November 1989
Identification	MMSI number:525114005 Callsign: PKIB Pennant number: 355
Status	In active service
General characteristics
Class & type	Van Speijk class Ahmad Yani class
Displacement	2,200 tons standard, 2,850 tons full load
Length	113.4 m (372 ft)
Beam	12.5 m (41 ft)
Draught	5.8 m (19 ft)
Propulsion	As built 2 xBabcock & Wilcox boilers 2 xWerkspoor/English Electric steam turbines 22,370 kW (30,000 shp) 2 x shafts Rebuild 2 xCaterpillar 3616 diesels 10,900 kW (14,600 shp) 2 x shafts
Speed	28.5 kn (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph) With new diesels - estimated max. 24 kn (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Range	4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	180
Sensors & processing systems	Radar: LW-03, DA-02, M45, M44 Sonar: Types 170B, 162 Combat system: SEWACO V
Armament	asAbdul Halim Perdanakusuma 1 ×OTO Melara 76 mm gun 4 × 12.7 mmDShK HMGs[1] 2 × twinSimbad launcher for Mistral SAMs 4 ×C-802 SSM 2 × 3 – Mk 32 anti submarinetorpedo tubes
Aircraft carried	oneNBO-105C
Aviation facilities	Hangar

HNLMSEvertsen (F815) (Dutch:Hr.Ms. Evertsen) was afrigate of theVan Speijk class. The ship was in service with theRoyal Netherlands Navy from 1967 to 1989. The ship's radio call sign was "PAVG".^[2] She was sold to theIndonesian Navy where the ship was renamedKRIAbdul Halim Perdanakusuma (355).

In the early 1960s, theRoyal Netherlands Navy had an urgent requirement to replace itsVan Amstel-classfrigates, obsolete ex-American escorts built during theSecond World War. To meet this requirement, it chose to build a modified version of the BritishLeander-classfrigate as itsVan Speijk class, using broadly the same armament as the original design, but where possible, substituting Dutch electronics and radars.^[3]

TheVan Speijks were 113.4 m (372 ft)long overall and 109.7 m (360 ft)between perpendiculars, with abeam of 12.5 m (41 ft) and adraught of 5.8 m (19 ft).Displacement was 2,200 long tons (2,200 t) standard and 2,850 long tons (2,900 t) full load.^[4] TwoBabcock & Wilcox boilers supplied steam to two sets of Werkspoor-English Electric double reduction gearedsteam turbines rated at 30,000 shp (22,000 kW) and driving two propeller shafts.^[4][5] This gave a speed of 28.5 kn (32.8 mph; 52.8 km/h).^[4]

A twin4.5-inch (113 mm) Mark 6 gun mount was fitted forward. Anti-aircraft defence was provided by two quadrupleSea Catsurface-to-air missile launchers on the hangar roof. ALimbo anti-submarine mortar was fitted aft to provide a short-range anti-submarine capability, while a hangar and helicopter deck allowed a singleWestland Wasp helicopter to be operated, for longer range anti-submarine and anti-surface operations.^[4][5]

As built,Evertsen was fitted with a Signaal LW-03 long range air searchradar on the ship's mainmast, with a DA02 medium range air/surface surveillance radar carried on the ship's foremast. M44 and M45 fire control radars were provided for the Seacat missiles and the ship's guns respectively.^[4][6] The ship had asonar suite of Type 170B attack sonar and Type 162 bottom search sonar.^[4] The ship had a crew of 251.^[4]

All sixVan Speijks were modernised in the 1970s, using many of the systems used by the newKortenaer-classfrigates.^[4] The 4.5-inch gun was replaced by a singleOTO Melara 76 mm and launchers for up to eightHarpoon anti-ship missiles fitted (although only two were normally carried). The hangar and flight deck were enlarged, allowing aWestland Lynx helicopter to be carried, while the Limbo mortar was removed, with a pair of tripleMk 32 torpedo launchers providing close-in anti-submarine armament. A Signaal DA03 radar replaced the DA02 radar and an AmericanEDO Corporation CWE-610 sonar replaced the original British sonar.^[4][7]Evertsen was modernised at theDen Helder naval dockyard between 13 or 18 July 1979 and 26 November 1982.^[8][7]Evertsen andIsaac Sweers also received AN/SQR-18Atowed array sonar system.^[7][4] The system was removed when the ships were sold to Indonesia.^[1]

An order for fourVan Speijks was placed in 1962, with two more, includingEvertsen, ordered in 1964.^[4] The ship was built atKM de Schelde in Vlissingen. Thekeel laying took place on 6 July 1965 and thelaunching on 8 June 1966. The ship was put into service on 21 December 1967 with thepennant number F815.^[5][9]

In 1969 she attended a naval review at Spithead together with the destroyersZeeland,Holland andNoord-Brabant, the cruiserDe Ruyter and the frigateVan Nes.^[10]

The ship received a mid-life modernization in Den Helder, starting on 13 or 18^[9] July 1979 and lasting till 26 November 1982. The completion of modernization was delayed by around eight months from intended due to lack of civilian labor in naval dockyards.^[8]

Evertsen wasdecommissioned in 1989 and along withIsaac Sweers were sold to Indonesia. She was transferred to the Indonesian Navy on 1 November 1989.^[1]

On 13 May 1989, Indonesia and the Netherlands signed an agreement for transfer of the last twoVan Speijk-class ships.^[1] The ship was transferred to Indonesia on 1 November 1989 and renamed asKRIAbdul Halim Perdanakusuma, assigned with pennant number 355.^[1]

By 2002, the ship's Seacat missiles were inoperable and it was reported that propulsion problems were badly effecting the availability of the ships of this class.^[11] The ship's Seacat launchers were therefore replaced by two Simbad twin launchers forMistral anti-aircraft missiles, andAbdul Halim Perdanakusuma was re-engined with 10.9 megawatts (14,600 shp)Caterpillar 3616diesel engines.^[1] When the Indonesian Navy retired Harpoon missile from its stockpiles,Abdul Halim Perdanakusuma was rearmed with ChineseC-802 missiles.^[12]

In 2011,Abdul Halim Perdanakusuma along withYos Sudarso andBanjarmasin were dispatched to Somalian waters as a task force responding to thehijacking of the Indonesian cargo ship MVSinar Kudus by Somali pirates.^[13]

Abdul Halim Perdanakusuma, along withKarel Satsuitubun,Raden Eddy Martadinata,I Gusti Ngurah Rai,Fatahillah,Malahayati,Sultan Hasanuddin,Sultan Iskandar Muda,Sultan Nuku,dr. Wahidin Sudirohusodo,Surabaya,Teluk Banten,Tarakan andBima Suci were deployed in waters offNusa Dua,Bali to patrol the area during2022 G20 Bali summit on 15–16 November 2022.^[14]

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