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HNLMS Evertsen (F805)
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HNLMS Evertsen (F805) (Dutch: Hr.Ms. Evertsen) is the fourth De Zeven Provinciën class frigate
of the Royal Netherlands Navy
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Hr Ms Evertsen visited South Africa in late 2007 as part of a NATO task force on a friendship visit.
From February till June 2008 she was patrolling the Somalian waters for the World Food Program.
She was back in these same waters in 2009 for operation Atalanta. In early December 2009, she was involved in the capture of a group of Somali pirates, who had allegedly attacked the merchant ship BBC Togo.
As of March 2010, Lieutenant-Commander Eric-Jan Horstman is HNLMS Evertsen's commanding officer.
De Zeven Provinciën class frigate
The De Zeven Provinciën class frigates are highly advanced air-defence and command frigates in service with the Koninklijke Marine . This class of ships is also known as LCF...
of the Royal Netherlands Navy
Royal Netherlands Navy
The Koninklijke Marine is the navy of the Netherlands. In the mid-17th century the Dutch Navy was the most powerful navy in the world and it played an active role in the wars of the Dutch Republic and later those of the Batavian Republic and the Kingdom of the Netherlands...
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Hr Ms Evertsen visited South Africa in late 2007 as part of a NATO task force on a friendship visit.
From February till June 2008 she was patrolling the Somalian waters for the World Food Program.
She was back in these same waters in 2009 for operation Atalanta. In early December 2009, she was involved in the capture of a group of Somali pirates, who had allegedly attacked the merchant ship BBC Togo.
As of March 2010, Lieutenant-Commander Eric-Jan Horstman is HNLMS Evertsen's commanding officer.