HNLMS Johan de Witt
ship built in 2007
HNLMS Johan de Witt (Dutch: Zr.Ms. Johan de Witt) is the second Rotterdam-class landing platform dock of the Royal Netherlands Navy. It is an improved design of Rotterdam, which was designed in conjunction between the Netherlands and Spain. The ship, displacing 16,800 tons, was launched on 13 May 2006. The motto of the ship is Ago Quod Ago, translated as I do what I do.
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Equipment
The ship is equipped with a large helicopter deck for helicopter operations and a dock for large landing craft. It can carry six NH90 NFH helicopters or four CH-47F Chinook helicopters. It has a well dock for two landing craft utility and it carries four davit-launched LCVPs. The dock is wide enough to support two LCAC, but to allow for this, the centre barrier, that splits the dockwell in two, must be removed.
The vessel has an extra deck with rooms for command staff to support a battalion size operation.
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