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Almirante Riveros 2007 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

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)

Technical data

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

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Project history

Former Dutch M (Karel Doorman) class frigates.

Modernizations

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

Naval service

No significant events.

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