Project · Naval shipbuilding · Netherlands

Damen ASW frigates (NL/BE)

Severely delayed: design phase still running, first steel not yet cut; Naval News (Jul 2026) reports first (Dutch) delivery has slipped from 2028 to about 2033, Belgian vessel to about 2034, with programme cost more than doubled. Belgium is reviewing alternative builders (RFI to France, Germany, Italy, Spain,…

As reported by the source below (2026-09-19).

  1. Engineering (now)
  2. Fabrication (next)
  3. Transport & installation
  4. Hook-up
  5. Commissioning
  6. Operation

Now Engineering (reported: planned)

Next Fabrication · not announced

Roles Project management & controls · Construction & supervision · QA/QC & HSE · Document control & support · Role groups per phase: our planning assumption from the Crew Forecast model.

Later Operation 2033 (first (Dutch) delivery slipped from 2028 to about 2033 (Naval News, July 2026), as reported)

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Their rate stays; our fee goes on top: 20% → 15% → 12%. Open book →

Who works on it as the sources name them

  • Damen NavalFabrication / constructionbuilder (hulls to be fabricated at Damen Galati, Romania; outfitting at Vlissingen)

Who else needs construction people in Northwest Europe

May 2027 is busier than usual here: 56 projects and stops in this phase, against a typical 25.5 a month.

46Oct 2026381513Jan 2027162336Apr 2027565346Jul 20274034
announced projectsplanned stopstypical phase length, not announcedas of 2026-10-24
How we count

Counted from the project database (sources on each project page) and planned power-station stops (Nord Pool UMM, Elexon, Elia). Announced: the phase falls in the month by announced dates, or a stop's own dates. Typical: only the start is known, so the project counts for at most the typical length of that phase for its type (Crew Forecast model). Operation is not counted. Role groups per phase are our planning assumption. Counts, not people.

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Kind
Naval shipbuilding
Country
Netherlands
Operator
Netherlands Ministry of Defence
Position
51.45°N 3.57°E, as published

Sources

  1. Damen ASW frigates (NL/BE) - source pageNaval News (Jul 2026); NL Times (Aug 2025) · read 2026-09-19
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