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# Damen Naval hands over Dutch combat support ship Den Helder
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-03-24-css-den-helder-handover/
- Published: 2025-03-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T12:01:46.000Z
- Description: Damen Naval handed over the Combat Support Ship Den Helder to the Dutch Ministry of Defence's COMMIT organisation at a ceremony in Den Helder. The vessel, built partly in Romania, is due to be commissioned on 1 October and fully ready by mid-2026.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #reported, #ai-drafted

Reported AI-drafted [SWZ Maritime, 26 March 2025](https://swzmaritime.nl/news/2025/03/26/damen-hands-over-combat-support-ship-to-dutch-ministry-of-defence/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** This does not establish that the ship is yet operational, since weapons and sensor fitting continue after handover.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)