Van Kinsbergen in 1990
History
Netherlands
Name	Van Kinsbergen
Namesake	Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen
Ordered	1974
Builder	KM de Schelde,Vlissingen
Laid down	2 September 1975
Launched	16 April 1977
Commissioned	24 April 1980
Decommissioned	1995
Identification	Pennant number F 809
Fate	Sold to the Hellenic Navy, 1995
Greece
Name	Navarinon
Acquired	1995
Commissioned	1 March 1995
Identification	F 461
Status	active service
General characteristics
Class & type	Kortenaer-classfrigate
Displacement	3,500 long tons (3,600 t) standard 3,800 long tons (3,900 t) full load
Length	130 m (426 ft 6 in)
Beam	14.4 m (47 ft 3 in)
Draft	4.4 m (14 ft 5 in)
Propulsion	Combined gas or gas (COGOG) system: 2 ×Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1Cgas turbines, 4,900 shp (3,700 kW) each 2 ×Rolls-RoyceOlympus TM3Bgas turbines, 25,700 shp (19,200 kW) each (boost) 2 shafts
Speed	20knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) cruise 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) maximum
Endurance	4,700 nautical miles at 16 knots (8,700 km at 30 km/h)
Complement	176–196
Armament	2 ×OTO-Melara Compatto 76 mm/62 cal. gun 2 × twinMk46 torpedo tubes 2 × quadRGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile launchers 1 × 8-cellSea Sparrow anti-aircraft missile launchers 1 ×Goalkeeper in Dutch service 1 ×Phalanx in Greek service
Aircraft carried	2 ×Sea Lynx helicopters (1 in peacetime)

HNLMSVan Kinsbergen (F809) (Dutch:Hr.Ms. Van Kinsbergen) was afrigate of theKortenaer class. The ship was in service with theRoyal Netherlands Navy from 1980-1995. She was named after Dutchnaval heroJan Hendrik van Kinsbergen.

In the early 1970s, the Royal Netherlands Navy developed a 'Standard' frigate design to replace the destroyers of theHolland- andFriesland-classes. The 'Standard' design would have anti-submarine (theKortenaer class) and anti-aircraft (theJacob van Heemskerck-class) variants with different armaments on a common hull design. The first eightKortenaers were ordered in 1974, with four more ordered in 1976, although two were sold to Greece while being built, and replaced by two of the anti-aircraft variant.^[1]

TheKortenaer's were 130.2 metres (427 ft 2 in)long overall and 121.8 metres (400 ft)between perpendiculars, with abeam) of 14.4 metres (47 ft 3 in) and adraft of 4.4 metres (14 ft 5 in) (and 6.0 metres (19 ft 8 in) at the propellers).^[1][2][3]Displacement was 3,000 long tons (3,050 t) standard and 3,785 long tons (3,846 t) full load.^[1] The ship was powered by two 25,800 shaft horsepower (19,200 kW)Rolls-Royce Olympus TM 3B and two 4,900 shaft horsepower (3,700 kW)Rolls-Royce Tyne TM 1Cgas turbines in acombined gas or gas (COGOG) arrangement, driving two propeller shafts. The Olympus engines gave a speed of 30 knots (35 mph; 56 km/h), and the Tyne cruise engines gave a speed of 20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h).^[1]

Van Kinsbergen's main anti-aircraft armament was an 8-roundNATO Sea Sparrowsurface-to-air missile launcher in front of the bridge. AnOTO Melara 76 mm was fitted forward of the Sea Sparrow launcher, while aGoalkeeper CIWS was planned to be fitted aft, on the roof of the ship's hangar. Goalkeeper was not available when the ships were built, however, andVan Kinsbergen was completed with aBofors 40 mm L/60 anti-aircraft gun in its place. EightHarpoonanti-ship missiles could be carried in two quadruple launchers, although two or four Harpoons was a more normal peacetime load-out. A hangar and fight deck were fitted to accommodate twoWestland Lynx helicopters, although only one was normally carried. Close-in anti submarine armament was provided by four 324 mm tubes for USMark 46 torpedoes.^[1][4] ASignaal LW-08 long-range air search radar was fitted, together with a ZW-06 surface-search radar, with WM-25 and STIR-180 fire control radars to direct the ship's armament. A Canadian SQS-505 hull-mountedsonar was fitted.^[1][5]

Van Kinsbergen's Bofors was replaced by the intended Goalkeeper by 1995.^[1] On transfer to Greece, the Goalkeeper was removed. Greece replaced it by an AmericanPhalanx CIWS, whileAgusta-Bell AB 212 helicopters replaced the Lynxes.^[6]

HNLMSVan Kinsbergen waslaid down at theKoninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde (KM de Schelde) shipyard inVlissingen on 2 September 1975. She waslaunched on 16 April 1977 and commissioned into service on 24 April 1980 with thePennant number F 809.^[1] The ship's radio call sign was "PADC".^{[7][unreliable source?]}

Van Kinsbergen and the frigatesDe Ruyter,Callenburgh,Jan van Brakel, and the replenishment shipPoolster departed fromDen Helder on 13 January 1986 for a trip to the Far East to show the flag and promote Dutch trade. The ships returned on 19 June.^[8]

In 1995, the vessel was transferred to theHellenic Navy.^[1]

The ship was commissioned into the Hellenic Navy on 1 March 1995, with the new nameNavarinon and the pennant number F 461.^[6]

On 28 December^[when?], the ship participated in a rescue mission to assistMS Norman Atlantic after it caught fire.^{[7][unreliable source?]}

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