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HNLMS Witte de With (1984)

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HNLMS Witte de With (1984)
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HNLMS Witte de With at sea
Career (Netherlands)
Name: Witte de With
Namesake: Witte Corneliszoon de With
Builder: KM de Schelde, Vlissingen
Laid down: 15 December 1981
Launched: 25 August 1984
Commissioned: 17 September 1986
Decommissioned: 12 May 2006
Fate: Sold to the Chilean Navy
Career (Chile)
Name: Capitán Prat
Namesake: Arturo Prat
Commissioned: 17 July 2006
Identification: FFG-11
Status: active service
General characteristics
Type: Jacob van Heemskerck class
Displacement:
  • 3,000 tons standard
  • 3,750 tons full load
Length: 130 m (426 ft 6 in)
Beam: 14.5 m (47 ft 7 in)
Draught: 4.4 m (14 ft 5 in)
Propulsion:
  • 2 shaft Combined gas or gas (COGOG) 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 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph) maximum
  • 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) cruising
    • Range: 4,700 nmi (8,700 km; 5,400 mi) at 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph)
    Complement: 197
    Sensors and
    processing systems:
    • Radar
      • LW-08
      • SMART-S Mk1
      • 2 x 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) (Dutch language: Hr.Ms. Witte de With ) was a frigate of the Jacob van Heemskerck class. The ship was in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy from 1986 to 2006. The frigate was named after Dutch naval hero Witte Corneliszoon de With. The ship's radio call sign was "PAVP".[1]

    Dutch service history[]

    HNLMS Witte de With was one of two Jacob van Heemskerck-class frigates and was built at the KM de Schelde in Vlissingen. The keel laying took place on 15 December 1981 and the launching on 25 August 1984. The ship was put into service on 17 September 1986.[1]

    The ship participated in Operation Desert Shield/Storm from September 1990 to December 1990.[1]

    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.[2][3]

    On 12 May 2006 the vessel was decommissioned and sold to the Chilean Navy.[1][3]

    ==Chilean service history==

    For other ships of the same name, see Chilean ship Capitán Prat.

    The ship was put into service on 17 July 2006 where the ship was renamed Capitán Prat using the radio call sign was "CCPT".[4]

    Notes[]

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "helis.com". https://www.helis.com/database/unit/190-HrMs-Witte-de-With/. Retrieved 8 September 2018. 
    2. ↑ "scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 1988". http://www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl/knowledgebase/calendar%7C1988. Retrieved 4 July 2015. 
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Jacob van Heemskerck klasse fregatten/ L-fregatten". www.marineschepen.nl. 10 September 2015. https://marineschepen.nl/schepen/heemskerck.html. Retrieved 8 September 2018. 
    4. ↑ "helis.com". https://www.helis.com/database/unit/192-Capitan-Prat/. Retrieved 8 September 2018. 
  • Capitán Prat (ex-Witte de With)
  • Almirante Latorre (ex-Jacob van Heemskerck)
  • Preceded by: Kortenaer class
  • Followed by: Karel Doorman class


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