HNLMS Rotterdam (L800)
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The Rotterdam is a Landing Platform Dock or LPD amphibious warfare ship with a large helicopter deck and a dock for large landing craft. Her pennant number is L800 and the size is 166 meters length and Displacement 12,750 tonnes . Rotterdam was launched in 1997 and a second LPD, 'Johan de Witt' is planned to enter service in 2007. The new vessel will be equipped with command and control facilities. The class was a joint design between the Netherlands and Spain. The two ships of the Spanish Galicia-class are the Galicia (commissioned in 1998) and the Castilla (2001).
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