Future of the Royal Netherlands Navy

In April 2018, the Dutch Government approved a multi-year investment program for the Royal Netherlands Navy and allocated funds for the 2018–2030 period.

The following is a list of vessels currently under construction for the Royal Netherlands Navy: All four De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate will be modernised.

This means that anti-air equipment also has to be present, in the form of VLS (vertical launch)-cells carrying Standard Missile 2 or ESSM-projectiles.

[15] In June 2023, the Netherlands and British governments announced that the two countries would "explore opportunities" to jointly develop new specialist amphibious warships.

[20] Acquisition of new LCVPs from 2025 with additional capacity to support amphibious operations and the integration of the German Navy Marines (Seebatallion).

In April 2022 it was announced that the revised schedule for construction of the new replacement boats would likely see the first two vessels entering service in the 2034 to 2037 timeframe.

[38] In 2022 the Spanish Ministry of Defence send a letter to the DMO for Navantia to be allowed to put in an offer following a RfQ sent to the remaining contenders, in which some of the requirements have changed.

[39] On 15 March 2024 State Secretary for Defence Christophe van der Maat officially announced that Naval Group has been selected as the winning bid.

[40][41][42] Prior to this announcement, the winner was already leaked to several media outlets, which caused political backlash for choosing a foreign yard over a Dutch one.

Also known as the Combat Support Ship (CSS), Den Helder is planned to fill the gap of replenishment at sea that was left after HNLMS Amsterdam was sold to Peru in 2014.

[4] On 20 November she left the Black Sea through the Bosporus Strait while still flying a civilian flag because of the Montreux Convention.

[51] On 23 November 2022 it was revealed that the navy is investigating the possibility of purchasing four commercially available offshore supply type vessels and use these ships as missile carriers.

This program was known as The Rapidly Increased Firepower Capability (TRIFIC) and involves ships that would operate with a very small crew.

[53][citation needed] In December 2023 the revised TRIFIC concept was announced as Modular Integrated Capability for ACDF and North Sea (MICAN).

[55][56] On 24 September 2024 State Secretary for Defence Gijs Tuinman gave an update on the MICAN-program, which was now named the Multifunctional Support Ship (MSS).