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Frigate HNLMS Witte de With (F813)

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Classification

Ship class:
Jacob van Heemskerck-class frigate
Type:
Frigate

Basic information

Namesake:
Dutch naval hero Witte Corneliszoon de With
Renaming:
  • Renamed Capitán Prat (FFG-11) in Chilean Navy service. The ship was retired of the fleet in november 2019. Decommissioned.
Operator:
Royal Netherlands Navy (Koninklijke Marine)Royal Netherlands Navy (Koninklijke Marine) Chilean Navy (Armada de Chile)Chilean Navy (Armada de Chile)
Country of build:
Builder:
Damen Group
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Decommissioned (out):
Status:
Decommissioned
Fate:
Sold to the Chilean Navy in 2005

Ship measurements

Displacement:
3,000 t
Length:
130 m
Beam:
14.5 m
Draft:
4.4 m

Machine

Propulsion system:
COGAG
Propulsion:
  • 2 * shaft Combined gas or gas system:
  • 2 * Rolls Royce Tyne RM1C gas turbines, 4,900 shp (3,700 kW) each
  • 2 * Rolls Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines, 25,700 shp (19,200 kW) each (boost)
Speed:
30 knots
Range:
4,700 nmi (8,700 km; 5,400 mi) at 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph)

Personnel

Complement:
197

Combat assets

Electronics:
  • Radar
  • LW-08
  • SMART-S Mk1
  • 2 * STIR-240
  • STIR-180
  • ZW-06
  • Sonar
  • PHS-36
Armament:
  • 4 * Mk46 torpedo tubes (2 twin mounts)
  • 8 * RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile launchers (2 quad mounts)
  • 1 * RIM-66 Standard SAM from a Mk13 Guided Missile Launch System (40 missiles total)
  • 8 * RIM-7 NATO Sea Sparrow SAM from a Mk29 Guided Missile Launch System (8 missile in the launcher and 16 in the magazine)
  • 1 * Goalkeeper 30 mm CIWS gun system
  • 2 * 20 mm guns

HNLMS Witte de With (F813) was a frigate of the Jacob van Heemskerck class. The ship was in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy from 1986 to 2006. HNLMS Witte de With was one of two Jacob van Heemskerck-class frigates and was built at the KM de Schelde in Vlissingen.

The ship participated in Operation Desert Shield/Storm from September 1990 to December 1990 and Operation Sharp Guard in July 1993.

In 1988 Witte de With and the frigates Jan van Brakel and Kortenaer and the replenishment ship Zuiderkruis made a trip to the far east visiting Egypt, India, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand to show the flag and for practice.

On 12 May 2006 the vessel was decommissioned and sold to the Chilean Navy. The ship was put into service on 17 July 2006 where the ship was renamed Capitán Prat.

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