72 Pages
by
Lanasta
The Van Speijk class frigates were equipped with Dutch electronics/sensors. The British Leander design was chosen to enable rapid construction to replace elderly escorts for ASW duties and NATO patrol. The ships were thoroughly modernised in the late 1970s. Between 1986-1990 all six were transferred to the Indonesian Navy. This book presents an overview of the development and operational use of... Read more
Van Speijk, Introduction, British Leader Class Frigates, Named Van Speijk, Design and Planning, MLM, Weapon Systems, Guns, SAM (Surface-To-Air-Missile), MK. 10 A/S Mortar, The MK.32 TT and MK.46 Torpedoes, Harpoon, Westland Wasp, Westland WG 13 Lynx, Sensors and Antenna, Sonars, Operational History, Flag and Pennants, 1984-1989, References.
Biography
Jantinus Mulder started his career in the graphic industry and is currently a publisher at Lanasta (Walburg Pers). He is a specialist in the model building of naval ships. He builds models, and has written about model building in various (trade) magazines and books.|Henk Visser is the author of Royal Netherlands Navy - photos and facts and was an employee at the Dutch Navy Museum.
