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ALMIRANTE BLANCO ENCALADA frigates (1992-1993/2005-2007)

Almirante Riveros 2010

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Almirante Blanco Encalada (ex-Abraham van der Hulst) 15 368 KM De Schelde, Vlissingen, Netherlands 8.2.1989 7.9.1991 15.12.1993 // 16.12.2005 in service (2019)
Almirante Riveros (ex-Tjerk Hiddes) 18 366 KM De Schelde, Vlissingen, Netherlands 28.10.1986 9.12.1989 3.12.1992 // 18.4.2007 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

2800

Displacement full, t

3320

Length, m

114.4 pp 122.3 oa

Breadth, m

14.4

Draught, m

4.30 hull 6.05 propellers

No of shafts

2

Machinery

CODOG: 2 Rolls-Royce Spey RM-1C gas turbines / 2 Werkspoor-Wärtsilä 12SW 280V12 diesels

Power, h. p.

48900 / 9800

Max speed, kts

30

Fuel, t

gas turbine oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

5000(18)

Armament

2 x 4 Harpoon SSM (8 RGM-84C), 1 x 16 Sea Sparrow SAM (VLS, 16 RIM-7M), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO Melara Compact, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 4 - 324 Mk 32 mod. 9 TT (Mk 46 mod. 5), 1 helicopter (Cougar)

Electronic equipment

Decca 1690/9, Scout, SMART-S, LW-08, 2x STIR-1.8 radars, PHS-36 sonar, AR700, 2x APECS-II ECM suite, 2x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL, SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy, SEWACO VIIB CCS

Complement

145

   

Project history: Former Dutch M (Karel Doorman) class frigates.

Modernizations: 2010, both: - SEWACO VIIB CCS; + SP 21K CCS

Naval service: No significant events.

Almirante Riveros 2007

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

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