Oh cool, thanks! There were certainly a lot of people there to see it. It's the first time I've managed to catch a bridge lift in action, and it was worth doing! 😊
Always diplomatic . or they are preparing to tow the belfast back home as a price . De Zeven Provincien was the flagship of de Ruyter during the raid on the medway . . But seriously they always send ships around the hollidays to other nations for showing the flag and exersizes . Usualy the ship in question are going for a lengthy deep refit or final fare well tour , as it happens this ship will be upgraded in the next few years . Replacing their 120mm gun with a more modern version capable of firing 120 km . 1 extra goalkeeper , with both beeing upgraded to the latest version , a 2000km range balistic missle tracking radar . And many other improvements currently on her sister ship the Evertsen . All ships shown in the past weeks , are all up for modernisation more enhanced weaponry or flat out replacements.
Have a good look ladies and gentlefolk as all dutch ships are now going in to deep refits and upgrades , with M-class frigates , mine hunters , and submarines all beeing replaced in the next few years. . The mine hunters beeing build as we speek ,M-class frigates beeing finalised and submarines in final stages of procurement. The end of an era and start of a new .
