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The Ahmed Yani (formerly the Evertsen) is an Indonesian Van Spiejk Class frigate launched in 1966 and transferred to the Indonesian navy from the Netherlands in the mid-1980s. She has a displacement of 2225 tons and is powered by two Werkspoor/English Electric double reduction geared turbines rated at 30000 shp providing a top speed of 28.5 knots and a maximum range of 7200 km at 12 knots. She is manned by a crew of 180. Armaments consist of two Short Bros Seacat anti-aircraft quad missile launchers; one OTO Melara 76 mm/62 compact dual-purpose gun and six 324 mm Mk 32 torpedo tubes arranged in two triple arrangements, firing the Honeywell Mk 46 anti-submarine torpedo. A Westland Westland Wasp helicopter is also carried.
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The Evertsen was a Dutch destroyer of 1310 tons displacement launched in 1926 and sunk in 1942 during the Second World War. The Evertsen was powered by Yarrow boilers providing a top speed of 36 knots and carried a complement of 129. She was armed with four 4.7 inch guns; two 3 inch anti-aircraft gun; four 12.7 mm anti-aircraft guns; two machine-guns; four depth charge throwers; six 21 inch torpedo tubes and twenty-four mines.
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