CAPITAN PRAT (FFG 11) was laid down as HNLMS WITTE DE WITH (F813) on 15 December 1981 and
launched on 25 August 1984. Commissioned into the Dutch Navy on 17 September
1986. She was named after the Dutch Commander-in-Chief of the Fleet Witte de With (1599-1658).
During 1988 was she the flagship of a Dutch squadron Fairwind 88 which made a goodwill voyage to India, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand.
During the second part of 1989 was she one of the ships in the standing NAVO squadron STANAVFORLANT.
Shortly after the Iraqi attack on Kuwait together with Hr MS PIETER FLORES was she ordered to proceed to the Gulf region where she took part in Operation Phalanx.
26 May 2005 decommissioned.
Sold to Chile in 2005 as the CAPITAN PRAT (named after Arturo Prat)
On 14 July 2006 CAPITAN PRAT was at Den Helder during the Dutch Navy Open Days
but was at a berth that was not open to the public.
17 July 2006 handed over to Chile.
Builder: Royal Schelde Shipyard at Vlissingen, Holland.
Displacement: 3000 tons standard (3,750 tons full load)
Length: 130 m
Beam: 14.5 m
Draught: 4.4 m
Propulsion: 2 shaft combined gas and gas (COGAG) system
2 Rolls Royce Tyne RM1C gas turbines, 4,900 shp each
2 Rolls Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines, 25,700 shp each (boost)
Speed: 30 knots maximum, 20 knots cruising
Range: 4700 nmi at 16 knots
Complement: 197
Sensors and
processing systems: Radar: LW-08, DA-08, 2x 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
1 Goalkeeper 30 mm CIWS gun system
2 20 mm guns,
2011 In service
Chile 2010 sg?, scott?
Sources: Wikipedia. Combat Fleets of the World 2005 – 2006.
Peter Crichton