Dutch ASW frigates and uncertain construction milestones

What are the Dutch building in their future fleet programme?

ASW frigates form part of an extensive future programme, but the participants do not establish whether they have been laid down.

The Dutch ASW frigate is estimated at roughly 6,000 to 6,500 tons. Its construction status is disputed in the exchange: one participant thinks the ships have been laid down, while another doubts that work has reached that stage. A 2023 memorandum of understanding and a planned 2033 commissioning date are the milestones cited. Neither resolves the disagreement over whether construction has begun. These frigates sit within an extensive set of planned Dutch naval programmes, but the exchange supplies no confirmed laying-down date.