BRICKSHIPS
BRICKSHIPS
HNLMS Johan de Witt Instructions
Details about the model:
Length: 36.0cm (14.2 in)
Width: 6.4cm (2.5 in)
Height: 11.9cm (4.7 in)
Scale: 1:485
Total parts: 945
About the ship's history:
HNLMS Johan de Witt is the second Rotterdam-class landing platform dock of the Royal Netherlands Navy. It is an improved design of Rotterdam, which was designed in conjunction between the Netherlands and Spain.
The ship is equipped with a large helicopter deck for helicopter operations and a dock for large landing craft. It can carry six NH 90 helicopters or four Chinook helicopters. It has a well dock for two landing craft utility and it carries four davit-launched LCVPs. The dock is wide enough to support two LCAC, but to allow for this, the centre barrier, that splits the dockwell in two, must be removed.
The vessel has an extra deck with rooms for command staff to support a battalion size operation. The ship has a complete Role II hospital, including an operating theatre and intensive care facilities. A surgical team can be stationed on board. The ship also has a desalination system enabling it to convert seawater into drinking water.
It is equipped with pod propulsion enabling the ship to use dynamic positioning while sea basing.
HNLMS Johan de Witt Instructions
Details about the model:
Length: 36.0cm (14.2 in)
Width: 6.4cm (2.5 in)
Height: 11.9cm (4.7 in)
Scale: 1:485
Total parts: 945
About the ship's history:
HNLMS Johan de Witt is the second Rotterdam-class landing platform dock of the Royal Netherlands Navy. It is an improved design of Rotterdam, which was designed in conjunction between the Netherlands and Spain.
The ship is equipped with a large helicopter deck for helicopter operations and a dock for large landing craft. It can carry six NH 90 helicopters or four Chinook helicopters. It has a well dock for two landing craft utility and it carries four davit-launched LCVPs. The dock is wide enough to support two LCAC, but to allow for this, the centre barrier, that splits the dockwell in two, must be removed.
The vessel has an extra deck with rooms for command staff to support a battalion size operation. The ship has a complete Role II hospital, including an operating theatre and intensive care facilities. A surgical team can be stationed on board. The ship also has a desalination system enabling it to convert seawater into drinking water.
It is equipped with pod propulsion enabling the ship to use dynamic positioning while sea basing.
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