Alkmaar-class minehunter

	Haarlem
Class overview
Name	Alkmaar class
Builders	Van der Giessen-De Noord, Alblasserdam
Operators	Initial; Royal Netherlands Navy; Export; Bulgarian Navy; Latvian Naval Forces; Pakistan Navy; Ukrainian Navy (Planned);
Preceded by	Dokkum class
Succeeded by	Vlissingen class
Cost	1.3 billion Dutch guilders
Built	1979–1989
In commission	1983–present
Planned	15
Completed	15
Active	14
Laid up	1
General characteristics
Type	Minehunter
Displacement	510 t (500 long tons)
Length	49.10 m (161 ft 1 in)
Beam	8.90 m (29 ft 2 in)
Draft	2.45 metres (8 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	1,400 kW (1,900 hp); Stork-Werkspoor diesel engines;
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Range	3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Boats & landing ; craft carried	2 x PAP 104
Crew	22-34
Sensors and ; processing systems	1 x DUBM 21B sonar; 1 x Racal Decca 1229 radar; EVEC plotting system;
Armament	1 x 20 mm machine gun

The Alkmaar class is a ship class of fifteen minehunters that were built in the Netherlands for the Royal Netherlands Navy. They are based on the design of the Tripartite class, which was developed by a collaborative effort between the Netherlands, Belgium and France, and replaced the minesweepers and minehunters of the Dokkum class.

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