Keel Laid For Holland-Class Patrol Ship
December 10 2008
The keel has been laid at the Damen Schelde shipbuilding facility in the Netherlands for the first of four new patrol vessels for the Dutch navy, reports defense-aerospace.com.
The Holland is scheduled to be christened in January 2010 and commissioned in May 2011.
Construction of the remaining ships in the class -- named Zeeland, Friesland and Groningen -- is scheduled to begin in September 2009, October 2009 and April 2010, respectively.
The new ships are intended for...
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