Future Dutch Navy Combat Support Ship Begins Sea Trials – Damen Shipyards has commenced sea trials of the Royal Netherlands Navy’s future combat support ship in Galati, Romania. The HNLMS Den Helder is a replenishment oiler vessel that will fill the role of the service’s 90s-era HNLMS Amsterdam, which was retired in 2014 and later sold to Peru.

As part of its tests, the new ship will sail the territorial waters of NATO partners, including the Danube River, the Black Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea.

Damen noted that the vessel will arrive in the Netherlands by next week and receive weapons systems and sensors at the company’s centers in Den Helder and Vlissingen.

Once commissioned, the platform will carry out resupply missions in Dutch territories and other zones under allied forces.

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• The Defense Post