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Almirante Williams 2003

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Almirante Williams (ex-Sheffield)	19		Swan Hunter, Wallsend, UK	29.3.1984	26.3.1986	26.7.1988 // 5.9.2003	in service (2019)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	4200
Displacement full, t	4850
Length, m	140.0 pp 148.1 oa
Breadth, m	14.8
Draught, m	4.30 hull 6.40 screws
No of shafts	2
Machinery	COGAG: 2 Rolls-Royce Spey SM1A gas turbines + 2 Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C gas turbines
Power, h. p.	37540+9700=47240
Max speed, kts	30
Fuel, t	gas turbine oil 700
Endurance, nm(kts)	4500(18)
Armament	2 x 6 Sea Wolf GWS25 Mod.3 SAM (72 Sea Wolf GWS25), 2 x 1 - 20/90 GAM-B01, 2 x 3 - 324 STWS.2, 1 helicopter (Cougar or BO-105)
Electronic equipment	type 1007, type 967, type 968, 2x type 911 radars, type 2050,  type 2031Z sonars, UAA-2, UAD/UAK, 2x type 675 ECM suites, 4x DLB decoy RL, 2x DEC laser-dazzlers, 4x DLF-2 floating decoy launchers, type 182 torpedo decoy, CACS1 CCS
Complement	273

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Project history

Former British Type 22 Batch 2 frigate (Broadsword class, Boxer group). Ordered for Royal Navy in 1982 and decommissioned 14.11.2002. Purchased in 2003, refitted in the UK, and transferred in September. The hangar has been enlarged to accommodate Chilean Cougar helicopters.

Modernizations 12.

2009: - 2 x 6 Sea Wolf SAM, type 1007, 2x type 911 radars, UAA-2, UAD/UAK, 2x type 675 ECM suites, 4x DLB decoy RL, 2x DEC laser-dazzlers, 4x DLF-2 floating decoy launchers, CACS 1 CCS; + 2 x 4 Harpoon SSM (8 RGM-84C), 4 x 8 Barak SAM (VLS, 32 Barak), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact, type 1008, EL/M-2228, 2x EL/M-2221 radars, Saphir e/o system, new Elbit ECM suites, 4x Sea Gnat decoy RL, SP21K CCS

Naval service

No significant events.