HNLMS DE RUYTER (F 804)

Arriving Kieler Förde for Kiel Week visit 2011 after participating at Baltops 2011.

HNLMS De Ruyter (F804) is the third De Zeven Provinciën class frigate of the Royal Netherlands Navy. It was laid down in 2000, launched in 2002, and commissioned in 2004. The frigate is named after the famous Dutch admiral Michiel de Ruyter (1607–1676).

Commissioned: 2004-04-24
Class and type: De Zeven Provinciën class frigate
Displacement: 6,050 tonnes (full load)
Length:144.24 m Beam:18.80 m Draft:5.18 m
Propulsion:2 propeller shafts, controllable pitch propellers, 2 Wärtsilä 16V6ST diesel engines, 8.4 MW each, 2 Rolls Royce Spey SM1C gas turbines, 18.5 MW each, 4 GEC Alsthom Paxman diesel-generators, 1650 kW each, Speed:    30 knots
Complement: 174 (227 incl. command staff)

HNLMS ZUIDERKRUIS (A832)

Arriving Kieler Förde for Kiel Week 2011 visit after Baltops 2011

HNLMS Zuiderkruis (A832) is one of two replenishment ships serving with the Royal Netherlands Navy. The Zuiderkruis entered service in 1975 and is to be decommissioned at the end of 2011.

Class and type: Auxiliary Replenishment Ship
Displacement: 16,900 tons
Length: 170 m Beam:20 m Speed:21 knots
Complement: 170-190
Armament:1 x Goalkeeper CIWS system, up to 8 12.7 mm machine guns, up to 3 helicopters

HDMS ABSALON (L16)

HDMS Absalon (L16) and her sister ship HDMS Esbern Snare (L17) are the biggest ships ever to serve in the Royal Danish Navy (RDN), and are the two members of the Absalon-classcommand and support ships. HDMS Absalon is the flagship of the Royal Danish Navy.

Builder: Odense Staalskibsværft Laid down: November 2003 Launched: 30 January 2005  Commissioned: 2007  Homeport: Naval Station Korsør

Class and type: Absalon-class command and support ship
Displacement: 6,300 tonnes
Length: 137.6 m Beam: 19.5 m Draft: 6.3 m
Propulsion: 2 × MTU 8000 M70 diesel engines; two shafts
22,300 bhp (16.4 MW) Speed: >28 knots (52 km/h)
Range: 9,000 nmi (17,000 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)

USS PHILIPPINE SEA (CG-58)

Arriving for Kiel Week visit 2011 after BALTOPS 2011 manouvre

USS Philippine Sea (CG-58) is a Flight II Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser on active service in the United States Navy.

Builder: Bath Iron Works  Commissioned: 18 March 1989
Homeport: Mayport, Florida
Displacement: Approx. 9,600 long tons (9,800 t) full load
Length: 173 m Beam: 16.8 meters Draft: 10.2 meters-
Propulsion: 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbine engines, 80,000 shaft horsepower (60,000 kW) 2 × controllable-reversible pitch propellers, 2 × rudders
Speed: 32.5 knots
Complement: 33 officers, 27 Chief Petty Officers, and approx. 340 enlisted

USS MOUNT WHITNEY (LCC 20)

Kieler Förde inbound for Kiel Week 2011 - 2011-06-17

US Blue Ridge Class Command ship / flagship of the United States
Navy's Sixth Fleet.
*1971 Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company
Commissioned: 16 January 1971
Displacement: 18,400 tons full load
Length: 194.00m Beam: 32.90m Draft: 9.06m full load
Propulsion: Two boilers, one geared turbine
Capacity: 930 Complement: 170 officers and enlisted men; and 155 Military Sealift Command civilian sailors
Armament: Two Phalanx CIWS, Two 25 mm Bushmaster cannons, Four .50 cal.machine guns,Mark 36 SRBOC chaff rockets
Aircraft carried: One helicopter, SH-60 Knight

ORP KONDOR (297)

Polish navy submarine (Former norwegian S-319 Kunna) arriving for Kiel Week visit on Kieler Förde 2011-06-17
The Kobben class or Type 207 is a version of the German Type 205 submarine customized for use by the Royal Norwegian Navy.
Displacement: 435 t (428 LT; 480 ST) surfaced
485 t (477 LT; 535 ST) submerged
Length: 47.2 m (155 ft) Beam:4.7 m (15 ft)Draft:3.8 m (12 ft) Propulsion: Diesel-electric 2 MTU 1,100 hp (820 kW) diesel engines 1 1,700 hp (1,300 kW) electric motor
Speed: 10 kn (19 km/h) surfaced 17 kn (31 km/h) submerged

BALTOPS 2011 – Leaving Kiel 2011-06-06

Danish HDMS ABSALON (L16)

Danish HDMS ABSALON (L16)

Danish HDMS ABSALON (L16)

Dutch Frigate DE RUYTER (F804)
Dutch Frigate DE RUYTER (F804)
Dutch Frigate DE RUYTER (F804)

Swedish Corvette GÄVLE (K 22)

Swedish Corvette GÄVLE (K 22)

Danish Patrolcraft HAVKATTEN (P 522)

Danish Patrolcraft HAVKATTEN (P 522)

Belgian Frigate LEOPOLD I (F 930)

Belgian Frigate LEOPOLD I (F 930)

Belgian Frigate LEOPOLD I (F 930)

Russian Landingship MINSK (127)

Russian Landingship MINSK (127)

Polish frigate ORP Generał Tadeusz Kościuszko (273)

Polish frigate ORP Generał Tadeusz Kościuszko (273)

German Frigate SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN (F 216)

German Frigate SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN (F 216)

German Frigate SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN (F 216)

SÜDOVIS (M 52)

SÜDOVIS (M 52)

SÜDOVIS (M 52)

Swedish Corvette SUNDSVALL (K 24)

Swedish Corvette SUNDSVALL (K 24)