Jacob van Heemskerck class frigate
- Jacob van Heemskerck class frigate
The "Jacob van Heemskerck class" frigate was a class of frigates of the Royal Netherlands Navy. They were built to be an air defence version of the Kortenaer class frigate. 2 ships were built for the Dutch Navy and have recently been sold to the Chilean Navy. The helicopter was replaced by a Standard medium range SAM system and associated radars
hips
Two ships were built by Royal Schelde dockyard. The ships were named after Admirals as is usual practice in the Royal Netherlands Navy.
* F812 Jacob van Heemskerck , named after Jacob van Heemskerk, laid down 21 January 1981, launched 5 November 1983, completed 15 January 1986. Sold to Chile as the Almirante Latorre and is currently in service
* F813 Witte de With, named after Witte Corneliszoon de With, laid down 15 December 1981, launched 25 August 1984, completed 17 September 1986. Sold to Chile as the Capitán Prat and is currently in service
Gallery
References
* Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Kortenaer class frigate — The Kortenaer class was a class of frigates of the Royal Netherlands Navy. They were built to be a general purpose frigate; able to combat all surface, submarine and aircraft targets. Like some of the other frigates of the 1970s and 1980s, they… … Wikipedia
List of frigate classes by country — The list of frigates by country includes all frigates organized by the country they were in service of.See also:* List of frigate classes * List of corvette classes = Argentina (Armada de la República Argentina) = * Almirante Brown class 4 ships… … Wikipedia
List of frigate classes — This list of frigate classes includes all post–World War II frigate classes listed alphabetically. See also List of frigate classes by country. Contents: Top · 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z … Wikipedia
Rolls-Royce Olympus — Olympus Preserved Bristol Siddeley Olympus Mk 301 Engine Change Unit (ECU) complete with ancillaries and bulkheads. Type … Wikipedia
Arturo Prat — Agustín Arturo Prat Chacón Born April 3, 1848(1848 04 03) near Ninhue, Chile … Wikipedia
Clase Karel Doorman — Fragata holandesa HMS Van Amstel (F 831) País productor … Wikipedia Español
Royal Netherlands Navy — This article is about the Royal Navy of the Netherlands. For other Royal Navies, see Royal Navy (disambiguation). Royal Netherlands Navy Koninklijke Marine Royal Netherla … Wikipedia
List of current ships of the Chilean Navy — This is a partial list of active Chilean Navy ships as of September 2007.In total there are 70 commissioned ships in the navy, of which 3 are large amphibious vessels, 25 are major fleet escorts (17 frigates and 8 destroyers) and 4 are fast… … Wikipedia
USS Nicholson (DD-982) — Career (US) … Wikipedia
HNLMS Karel Doorman (R81) — was a Colossus class aircraft carrier of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Laid down as HMS Venerable at Cammell Laird in Birkenhead on 3 December 1942, launched just over a year later, and commissioned on 17 January 1945. OverhaulsIn 1948, Venerable s … Wikipedia
