Fellow members of NATO frequently send their warships to visit other "friendly" ports, and over the years I've seen many entering Plymouth Sound on their way to visit our large naval base at Devonport.
This is the Dutch anti-aircraft frigate HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën (F802), which is the first ship of the De Zeven Provinciën-class air defence and command frigates in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN). There are three other ships in this class. De Zeven Provinciën is the eighth ship in the Royal Netherlands Navy to carry this name.
Her design incorporates stealth technology, as well as advanced radars of Dutch design such as SMART-L and APAR. De Zeven Provinciën carries the Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) and the SM-2 Block IIIA missile systems. The primary sensor used to guide these missile systems is APAR. In May, 2021 during At Sea Demonstration/Formidable Shield 2021 De Zeven Provinciën detected and tracked a ballistic missile with SMART-L radar and relayed the target information to USS Paul Ignatius. The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer then intercepted and destroyed the ballistic missile with a SM-3 surface-to-air missile.
For further technical details please see:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HNLMS_De_Zeven_Provinci%C3%ABn_(F802).
