Van Amstel leaving Portsmouth harbour 11/02/07

MISSILES
The ship is equipped with two quad launchers for the Boeing Harpoon Block 1C anti-ship missile. Harpoon has an active radar seeker with inertial mid-course guidance, a 220kg warhead and a range of 120km.
For short-range air defence, the ship has a Mk 48 vertical launch system for Raytheon Seasparrow missile, which uses semi-active radar guidance and has a range of 14km. 16 missiles are carried.
GUNS
The main gun is a 76mm Oto Melara Mk 100 which is capable of firing 100 rounds/minute with a range of 16km anti-surface and 12km anti-air. Also fitted are two Oerlikon 20mm light cannon.
"For short-range air defence, the ship has a Mk 48 vertical launch system ."
The Thales Nederland Goalkeeper close-in weapon system (CIWS) is fitted, which consists of a 30mm seven-barrel gun providing a rate of fire of over 4,000 rounds/min. Range is 200m to 3km. Thales Nederland's IRSCAN infrared search and track system has been fitted to the Willem Van Der Zaan (F 829) for trials. It provides target detection and tracking for Goalkeeper.
TORPEDOES
Two twin Mk 32 Mod 9 torpedo tubes fire ATK (Alliant TechSystems) Mk 46 Mod 5 lightweight anti-submarine torpedoes. These are active / passive homing to a range of over 9km and carry a 45kg warhead