ALMIRANTE LATORE was laid down as HNLMS JACOB VAN HEEMSKERCK (F 812) on 21 January 1981
and launched on 5 November 1983. Commissioned into the Dutch Navy on 15 January
1986 and decommissioned: 2 December 2004.
She was named after the Dutch explorer and Admiral Jacob van Heemskerck (1567 – 1607)
HNLMS JACOB VAN HEEMSKERCK ran aground on the Isle of Scalpay, Scotland, on 15
September 1999 but was towed off by HNLMS De Ruyter (F 806); the ship completed
extensive repairs at Den Helder at the end of November 2000 and completed a
refit in January 2001.
During 2003 for five months was she the flagship for a NAVO squadron Standing Naval Force Mediterranean (STANAVFROMED).
During 2004 as flagship of the Standing Naval Force Atlantic (STANAVFORLANT)
02 December 2004 decommissioned.
Sold to Chile on 16 December 2005 as the ALMIRANTE LATORE (named after Juan José Latorre).
Builders: 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
2011 In service.
Chile 2010 sg?, scott?
Sources: Wikipedia. Combat Fleets of the World 2005 – 2006.
Peter Crichton